# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220011760072` · 06/15/2001 · Wake Stone Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** John R.  Bratton
- **Operator:** Wake Stone Corp
- **Mine:** [3102071](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3102071)
## Narrative

WHEN EE TRIED TO RELEASE A JAMMED HOIST PULLEY, THE PULLEY FLIPPED BACKWARDS WHEN THE TENSION WAS RELEASED. THE EE S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PULLEY BLOCK AND THE HOIST FRAME. THE FRAME ED GE CUT THE EE THUMB, REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

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