# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220111220037` · 04/18/2011 · Cave Spur Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Cave Spur Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1518197](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518197)
## Narrative

EE & co-worker were pulling piece of conveyor belt into new belt drive. The employees had installed a pulley onto a belt hanger. A steel cable was inserted through pulley & anchored onto conveyor belt being installed. As conveyor belt was being pulled, belt hanger broke allowing slack in steel cable which resulted in EE being struck in the back of the head with the steel cable.

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