HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Marfork Coal Company, LLC
EE was installing a spray bar into 4A Feeder skirts. Employee and an electrician were rotating the bar. The electrician lost his grip, causing the bar to flip up, smashing Employees right middle finger into the top of the tunnel. Employee was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and diagnosed with a small fracture in the tip of his right middle finger and received 13 stitches.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration