# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220081560045` · 05/16/2008 · L & E Mining
## 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:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 27
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jack H Ealy; Ralph  Napier; John D North   -  JackrockLLC only8/27/99-5/
- **Operator:** L & E Mining
- **Mine:** [1518571](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518571)
## Narrative

Employee was changing bottom stands on belt line. #2 was pulling stand out from under belt. Stand got caught and then as pulling hand it came loose and the frame on stand against hand hit 4"" water line, resulting in hand being mashed between them.

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