# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220002490203` · 08/26/2000 · Jim Walter Resources Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
- **Occupation:** Driller operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 16.44 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Walter Energy Incorporated
- **Operator:** Jim Walter Resources Inc
- **Mine:** [0101401](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0101401)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HIS HAND TO SHIELD HIS FACE FROM SPRAYING WATER, WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE OTHER DRILL STEEL AND CAUGHT THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO DRILL STEEL S.

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