# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220130440018` · 02/06/2013 · El Segundo Coal 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 1.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** El Segundo Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [2902257](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2902257)
## Narrative

Tower locking cyl. rod on IR DM-M2 drill had stripped from the locking pin.  Contract tech and IE were in the process of positioning the cyl. rod in preparation to weld the rod to the pin.  As the contractor was controlling the movement of the cyl. the IE was aligning the rod and pin.  IE had his right thumb in a pinch point resulting in an amputation.

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