# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021480128` · 05/14/2002 · Harlan Cumberland Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 8
- **Mine experience:** 6.01 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Joseph T  Bennett
- **Operator:** Harlan Cumberland Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1511607](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1511607)
## Narrative

MINER WAS UNHOOKING A PIECE OF LOW LOW STRUCTURE AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE STRUCTURE WENT INTO HIS FINGER. IT WAS A SMALL CUT TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, BUT IT WAS DEEP AND HAD TO BE REMOV ED BY A DOCTOR.

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