# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220173260018` · 11/17/2017 · Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4801353](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4801353)
## Narrative

The victim was assisting another employee to reposition an idler trough frame to allow room to make a belt splice. While rotating the frame onto it's side, the frame unexpectedly tipped over onto the conveyor frame striking and catching the victim's hand between the idler and conveyor frames. The victim suffered a lacerated finger and a fractured finger. 

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