# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220003040085` · 10/23/2000 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Dyckerhoff & Heidelberger Zement Ag
- **Operator:** Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
- **Mine:** [3000585](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000585)
## Narrative

THE EE WAS INSTALLING THE COVER ON THE #1 FINISH MILL JOURNAL AND WAS SWINGING THE SUSPENDED PIECE INTO PLACE, WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE MILL END BOLTS , CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

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