# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220220610006` · 02/25/2022 · Tunnel Ridge, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Headgate operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 38
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Tunnel Ridge, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608864](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4608864)
## Narrative

Employee and another employee were carrying a section of Ultra-Trac (approx. 200 lbs) to the crusher crossover from the last open X-cut.  As employee tried to put their end on the crossover, the ground under foot gave way and they smashed their right pinky finger between the Ultra-Trac and crossover.

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