# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220132830068` · 09/28/2013 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
## 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** MOVEABLE LADDERS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4800977](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800977)
## Narrative

A haul truck operator went to the parking ditch where he found the hydraulic ladder up on the truck he was assigned at the beginning of shift.  When he attempted to lower the ladder from a position on the ground, his left ring finger suffered an avulsion/fracture as it was pinched between the ladder/handrail and the release peddle.

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