# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220002340184` · 08/07/2000 · Jordan Paving Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Truck driver
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mart  Jordan; Taylor  Jordan
- **Operator:** Jordan Paving Corporation
- **Mine:** [4104098](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4104098)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING BELTS ON A CRUSHER. MECHANIC INSTRUCTED WORKERS TO PULL HANDS BACK BEFORE ROLLING BELTS ON. EMPLOYEE KEPT HIS HAND NEAR THE BELT, AND IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY. THUMB WAS CRUSHED AND APPRROX 1/4 INCH HAD TO AMPUTATED.

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