# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220032790034` · 10/03/2003 · Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Dickenson-Russell Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406975](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406975)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE STATED CREW WAS PULLING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A CHAIN HOOKED TO A SCOOP, CHAIN BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN FACE.

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