# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220011800047` · 06/20/2001 · Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4202006](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202006)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE TRACKHOE FOR ROCK CRUSHING, THE PIN HAD FALLEN FROM THE BOOM FROM THE ROCK CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING THE PIN FROM UNDER CONCRETE PIECE LIFTED THE ONE THE PIN WAS UNDER, AND IN DOING SO DISLODGED ONE PIECE OF CONCRETE ABOVE THAT AND SLID INTO AND CRUSHED THUMB.

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