# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220041240091` · 04/22/2004 · Eighty Four Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 35
- **Mine experience:** 13.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Eighty Four Mining Company
- **Mine:** [3600958](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600958)
## Narrative

Employee was turning on the water valve for the spray bar of the longwall shear. In the process, the lid on the compartment that the valve was housed in fell pinching the tip of middle finger on rt hand.

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