# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220153290014` · 11/23/2015 · Republic Energy Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Republic Energy Inc.
- **Mine:** [4609026](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609026)
## Narrative

Two employees were loading a D9 valve chest into a service truck. As the chest was repositioned on the truck, one of the employee's had a finger pinched between the valve chest and the service truck bed. The employee suffered a laceration requiring 3 sutures.

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