# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220020950009` · 03/21/2002 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## 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:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 12.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

EE WAS MOVING LARGE ROCK OFF LONGWALL SHIELD BASE PONTOON. SHIELD WAS BEING USED AS WALKER SHIELD DURING LONGWALL TEARDOWN. AS EE WAS MOVING ROCK, ANOTHER ROCK SLID DOWN THE BASE LIFT JACK & C AUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS, CAUSING INJURY.

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