# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220033020022` · 08/20/2003 · Seneca Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BARRELS,KEGS,DRUMS
- **Nature of injury:** DISLOCATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 128
- **Mine experience:** 28 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Seneca Coal Company
- **Mine:** [0500304](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0500304)
## Narrative

EE WAS LOADING 55 GALLON DRUMS OF OIL ONTO TRUCK WHEN ONE BARREL SLIPPED. WHEN EE GRABBED BARREL, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN 2 BARRELS, CAUSING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND TO POP OUT OF JOINT. ALSO CUT THE MIDDLE AND LITTLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

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