# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021190003` · 04/22/2002 · Melvin Stone Company 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:** Truck driver
- **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:** 2.63 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James P  Jurgensen
- **Operator:** Melvin Stone Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3304479](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3304479)
## Narrative

TWO MEN WERE WORKING TO FREE A BIG ROCK STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THROAT BY THROWING OTHER ROCKS BEHIND IT TO HOPEFULLY WEDGE AGAINST IT TO BREAK IT LOOSE. WHILE DOING SO, A ROCK ABOUT 75-100LB CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROCKS PILED IN THE FEEDER. IT SLID DOWN THE PILE AND CAUGHT ONE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE STEEL FEED THROAT OF THE CRUSHER, BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB.

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