# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220152820026` · 09/29/2015 · Sidney 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:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 19
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Sidney Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [1519097](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519097)
## Narrative

Employee had finished his shift and opened the tailgate on his personal truck, when it became unhinged. While attempting to realign the tailgate he caught his right middle finger between the tailgate and the bed of the truck.

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