# HOISTING
> MSHA accident `220050800026` · 03/18/2005 · McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HOISTING
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Caging, Operate elevator
- **Injury source:** ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
- **Mine:** [1518775](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518775)
## Narrative

After dinner, injured employee was riding the #1 sinking bucket back to the shaft bottom to begin mucking.  Sinking bucket #2 was on the shaft bottom and not completely clear.  The #1 bucket brushed against the #2 bucket as it came down causing the injured employee to lose his balance and hit his left arm against the inside of #1 sinking bucket.

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