# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021260137` · 05/01/2002 · Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Escaping a hazard
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4405559](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405559)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A PIECE OF VENTILATION CURTAIN BESIDE THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP. HE SAID HE HEARD THE RIB BEHIND HIM BREAK AND ATTEMPTED TO JUMP CLEAR, AS HE DID THE RIB ROLLED AND CAUGHT THE CURTAIN, HE STILL HAD A HEAD OF THE CURTAIN WHEN HE JUMPED, THE RIB CAUGHT THE CURTAIN A NAIL WAS IN THE CURTAIN, IT WAS DRAWN INTO AND TORE SKIN ON LEFT INDEX FINGER.

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