# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220000540014` · 02/18/2000 · Walling Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jerry H  Walling
- **Operator:** Walling Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [3502464](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3502464)
## Narrative

EE WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK A CHAIN FROM THE ROLLS ROCK BOX. CHAIN WAS IN A BIND. HE LOWERED BOOM ON THE LOADER FOR SLACK. BOOM WAS RESTING ON THE BOX. HE JERKED THE CHAIN, THE BOOM SLIPPED OFF TH E BOX AND WHIPPED THE SLACK OUT OF THE CHAIN. HIHIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BY THE CHAIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. FINGER TIP REQUIRED

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