# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220050490017` · 02/11/2005 · Consol Pennsylvania 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:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 23
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company
- **Mine:** [3607416](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3607416)
## Narrative

EE was installing a roller at E-13 storage area when his right hand slipped off of the roller and fell to the belt below. His left hand was unable to keep the roller up and it fell catching his right middle finger between the lower belt which was supported by a metal brace and the falling roller. The injury was diagnosed as a fracture to distal phalange of the right middle finger.

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