# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220120720040` · 03/11/2012 · McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
## 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
- **Mine:** [1510445](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1510445)
## Narrative

EE was throwing the flop gate in the prep plant. It became fouled, and he was shaking it with his left hand. When the flop gate freed, it caught his finger against a piece of angle iron, cutting it.

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