# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220173110006` · 11/04/2017 · Panther Creek Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 7.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Blackhawk Mining LLC
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4605437](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605437)
## Narrative

Employee stated that employee was cutting up rock with the shear. While doing so, a piece of rock flipped up on top of the pan line. Employee shut off the shear to shove the rock into the chain and while doing so a sharp edge of the rock struck employee's right forearm causing an abrasion/laceration.

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