# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220001010006` · 04/03/2000 · Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC
## 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:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lhoist Group
- **Operator:** Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC
- **Mine:** [0101264](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0101264)
## Narrative

INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE REPLACING MID-KILN THERMALCOUPLE ON #1 KILN. WHEN PUTTING THE PROBE IN THE KILN, HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE PROBE TO LINE IT UP WHEN CO-WORKER PUSHED THE PROBE SMASHIN G FINGER BETWEEN FLANGES.

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