# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220250410019` · 01/30/2025 · Mettiki Coal WV, LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal WV, LLC 
- **Mine:** [4609028](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609028)
## Narrative

Employee was climbing over the section tailpiece to assist the employee on the other side that was moving the tailpiece jill poke to move belt. When doing so, the employee was throwing the jill poke up onto the tailpiece which landed on the employee's right ring finger that was coming across the tailpiece, resulting in a fracture to the tip of the finger.

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