# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220032310009` · 08/14/2003 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC
## 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:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CONVEYORS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Canyon Fuel Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4200089](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4200089)
## Narrative

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER. THEY HAD TO LEFT THE CHAIN BRAKE UP AND OUT OF THE WAY. AS THE BRAKE SWUNG ALL THE WAY OVER, IT CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWE EN THE BRAKE AND CROSS FRAME, FRACTURING BOTH FINGERS AND LACERATING HIS RING FINGER ALSO.

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