# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220121170014` · 04/25/2012 · Liggett Mining LLC
## 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:** Mechanic helper
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 0.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Operator:** Liggett Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1519567](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519567)
## Narrative

The injured person had raised a lid on the continuous miner and did not hinge it all the way to the rear. The lid closed on his right index finger.

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