# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220130150035` · 12/13/2012 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4609353](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609353)
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing bucket on a 488 scoop. Injured employee stated that he was having trouble lining up the hinge pin in the bucket hinge and was using bare finger to find out why there was misalignment. The bucket shifted causing the fingertip to be pinched between the hinges

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