# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220000820028` · 03/10/2000 · Independence Coal Company Incorporated
## 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:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Timbering, Build cribs
- **Injury source:** CRIBBING
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Incorporated
- **Mine:** [4608513](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608513)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING CRIBS IN THE TRACK ENTRY 3 BREAKS INBY #6 BELT HEAD. ACO-WORKER THREW A CRIB BLOCK BEFORE INJURED WAS READY AND SMASHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TWO CRIB BLOC KS. HIS THUMB WAS SPLINTED AND HE WENT TO HOPSITAL WERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE.

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