# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220171020004` · 04/10/2017 · Mammoth Coal
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** WRIST
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Operator:** Mammoth Coal
- **Mine:** [4603317](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4603317)
## Narrative

Employee was attached a 4' section of 4"" threaded pipe to a 90 degree pipe el and it slipped when the threads did not catch and part of the threaded portion struck employee on the left wrist. 

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