# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220012840030` · 09/21/2001 · Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1.28 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bart  Mulzer
- **Operator:** Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc
- **Mine:** [1201389](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1201389)
## Narrative

TRYING TO ROTATE A STEEL RUDDER. WHEN THE RUDDER DID ROTATE HIS THUMB WAS BETWEEN THE RUDDER AND THE HOUSING CAUSING HIS RIGHT THUMB TO BE MASHED CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

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