# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220003610122` · 12/18/2000 · Essroc Cement Corp
## 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:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 28.78 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Italcementi Spa
- **Operator:** Essroc Cement Corp
- **Mine:** [1200066](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200066)
## Narrative

THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN LIMIT SWITCH AND ROTATING ARM. EE WAS HOLDING CLOSED LIMIT BECAUSE THE DAMPER WOULD NOT CLOSE. IN THE DARK HE HAD HIS THUMB IN THE WRONG PLACE WHEN THE SHAFT ROTATED.

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