# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220090680069` · 02/28/2009 · Emerald Coal Resources LP
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BLOCKING
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 30.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Foundation Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Emerald Coal Resources LP
- **Mine:** [3605466](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3605466)
## Narrative

While blocking the trammable tailpiece, the stab jack slipped off the rail and his left forefinger was caught between the frame of the belt tail and a crib block causing a fracture to the tip of his left forefinger and a laceration requiring 4 sutures.

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