# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220001430046` · 05/16/2000 · Ormet Primary Aluminum Corp/Burnside Div
## 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:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Hang or reposition tubing
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ormet Corporation
- **Operator:** Ormet Primary Aluminum Corp/Burnside Div
- **Mine:** [1600354](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1600354)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE AND 2 CO-WORKERS WERE MOVING A 12' SEC-TION OF 4"" PIPE BY HAND TO INSTALL A FLANGE. PIPE 12' WITH A 9D AFTER 8'. 2 EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING UP PIPE TO SLIDE IT OVER, WHILE INJURED HELD BACK VALVE; HELPER PULLED ON PIPE BEFORE THE OTHERS WERE READY, PINCHING INJURED'S THUMB BETWEEN PIPE AND VALVE AND CUTTING TIP.

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