# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220042860137` · 10/06/2004 · Highland Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company
- **Mine:** [4608693](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608693)
## Narrative

EE was pulling pins from beams at the highwall miner. In the process, his right arm received a laceration from a metal burr on the beam. He was taken by ambulance to Logan regional medical center where he received stitches.

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