# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220030240037` · 01/18/2003 · Mississippi Lignite Mining 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:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BARRELS,KEGS,DRUMS
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 3.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2200690](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200690)
## Narrative

TWO WORKERS WERE MOVING A 55 GAL BARREL OR GRREASE INTO POSITION AT THE PUMPING STATION ON DRAGLINE 101. THEY WERE MOVING THE BARREL BY ROLLING IT ON ITS EDGE. AS THEY REACHED THE FINAL POSITI ON WHERE THE BARREL IS STORED, COWORKER LET GO OF THE BARREL BEFORE INJURED WAS PREPARED TO MOVE FROM HARM'S WAY AS THE BARREL RIGHTED ITSELF AGAINST THE BULK TANK WALL. HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FING

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