# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220000690053` · 02/29/2000 · Independence Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
- **Activity:** Couple or uncouple mine car
- **Injury source:** MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ARM,NEC
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4608492](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608492)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS THROWING THE SWITCH AT #3 HEAD WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. PART OF THE SWITCH DID NOT THROW. INJURED REACHED DOWN TO PULL PART OF THE SWITCH THAT DIDN'T THROW WHEN IT FLEW BACK AND PINNED HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER, BETWEENTHE RAILS. THE SWITCH WAS SPRING LOADED. A CO-WORKER ASSISTED INJURED IN FREEZING HIS HAND. SUFFERED INJURIES TO LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*