# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220161120022` · 04/18/2016 · M-Class Mining 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **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:** 2.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coalfield Transport Inc; Foresight Energy/ Murray Energy
- **Operator:** M-Class Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1103189](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103189)
## Narrative

Employee was inserting a tow bar into the socket on the shearer to remove a DA Ram that had been replaced. While trying to attach the DA Ram to the tow bar the employee pinched left hand, below the thumb between the tow bar and the ram. This caused a small laceration that resulted in 3 stitches.

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