# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220022280057` · 08/08/2002 · Consolidation Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Timberman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 22.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601436](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601436)
## Narrative

HELPING INSTALL A BELT DISCHARGE CHUTE SUSPENDED FROM A BOOM, THEY WERE SWINGING IT INTO PLACE BY HAND. THE CHUTE BECAME FOULED & AS THEY PUSHED TO FREE IT, THE CHUTE SUDDENLY MOVED, CATCHING

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