# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021790033` · 06/23/2002 · Peabody Coal Company
## 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 supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CRIBBING
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 7.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1508357](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1508357)
## Narrative

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE END OF A SHIELD TO BE UNLOADED FROM A SHIELD HAULER, HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK & THE FRAME OF THE STEEL SHIELD RESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION & A SIMPLE FRACTURE TO THE BONE BETWEEN KNUCKLE & FIRST JOINT.

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