# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220202760005` · 09/30/2020 · Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 50
- **Mine experience:** 20 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [0102901](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0102901)
## Narrative

I.E. sustained amputations to the ring, middle and index fingers of the left hand while in the process of lifting a Longwall Gate Shield tip up. The fingers were caught between the shield canopy and a 6x6 timber that was being used to keep the tip propped up.

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