# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220000590069` · 02/15/2000 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.01 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [1400034](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1400034)
## Narrative

EE WAS GUIDING A PURLIN INTO PLACE AGAINST AN EXISTING PURLIN. AS THE PURLIN SET INTO PLACE, THE EE'S HAND SLIPPED BETWEEN THE TWO PURLINS AND THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS SMASHED.

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