# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220042740054` · 09/17/2004 · Consolidation Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner helper, Coal mole helper, Bridgeman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 109
- **Mine experience:** 1.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4403932](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4403932)
## Narrative

EE WAS HELPING TO PUT THE COUNTERWEIGHT ON THE CRUSHER SPEED REDUCER FOR A STAMLER FEEDER AND WAS TRYING TO ALIGN IT TO GO OVER THE KEY STEEL.  WHEN IT DID LINE UP IT CAME DOWN SUDDENLY, CATCHING EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND THUMB.  EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND THUMB ON 9/20/04. (FRACTURE/CHIP/DISLOCATION)

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