# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220041280029` · 04/30/2004 · Bledsoe Coal Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** ARM,NEC
- **Days lost:** 88
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** Bledsoe Coal Corp
- **Mine:** [1518376](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518376)
## Narrative

employee placed his right arm under a suspended rockduster to align the wheels with the track and the rockduster fell on his arm.

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