# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220020080046` · 12/31/2001 · Lodestar Energy, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 14
- **Mine experience:** 22.76 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Iracoal Incorporated
- **Operator:** Lodestar Energy, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1514492](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1514492)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A ROCK FROM THE BELT WALKWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO THROW IT OUT OF THE WAY. IN DOING SO HE HIT A TIMBER WITH THE ROCK CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND TIMBER.

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