# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220011100029` · 04/09/2001 · Coastal Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Set or remove brattice
- **Injury source:** CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 22 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** El Paso Energy Corp
- **Operator:** Coastal Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406853](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406853)
## Narrative

EE WAS HELPING TO BUILD A BRATTICE WHERE AN OLD BRATTICE HE BEEN KNOCKED OUT. A PIECE OF CINDER BLOCK APPROX. 6""X6""X1"" WAS STUCK ON THE ROOF AND DISLODGED STRIKING THE INJURED THUMB CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

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