# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220030080030` · 12/14/2002 · Solar Sources Underground L L C
## 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:** Driver, Jeep driver, Tractor operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 10
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Felson  Bowman
- **Operator:** Solar Sources Underground L L C
- **Mine:** [1202103](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1202103)
## Narrative

EE WAS ASSISTING A COAL HAULER OPERATOR CHANGE OUT THE BATTERIES ON A COAL HAULER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN HEIGHT BY BLOCKING BETWEEN THE HYUDRAULIC LIFT SYSTEM AND THE BATTERY CASE. WHEN HE PLACED THE BLOCKING BETWEEN THE LIFTING JACK AND THE BATTERY CASE HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT AND SMASHED AGAINST THE BATTERY CASE. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION AND A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS LEF

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