# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220173330015` · 11/15/2017 · Buckingham Coal Company,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:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BLOCKING
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 7.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Buckingham Coal Company,LLC
- **Mine:** [3304526](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3304526)
## Narrative

On 11/15/2017 an EE was separating sections of 4"" waterline with a crib block. The crib block slipped off of the joint of water line and EE struck finger between the crib block and a fire valve. The EE fractured the tip of finger.

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