# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220011130041` · 04/05/2001 · Blue Diamond Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 23
- **Mine experience:** 0.05 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** Blue Diamond Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1509636](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1509636)
## Narrative

TIED PUMP UP IN AIR SO THAT EMPLOYEES COULD SHOVEL COAL UP SO THAT PUMP WOULDN'T STOP UP, ROPE BROKE HOLDING PUMP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN HEAD AND NECK.

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