# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220012920015` · 10/02/2001 · Wendling Quarries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 5.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Manaco Corporation
- **Operator:** Wendling Quarries Inc
- **Mine:** [1302062](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1302062)
## Narrative

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER, GUIDING A LOADER INT HE ATTEMPT TO CLEAR A JAMMED BOULDER. IN THE ATTEMPT, THE ROCKS SHIFTED IN AN UNATICIPATED MANNER, CAUS ING ONE ROCK TO SPIN AROUND AND STRIKE HIS RIGHTHAND WHICH WAS GRIPPING THE TOP EDGE OF THE HOPPER. INJURIED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, LACERATIONS OF SKIN, LACERATION OF EXTENSOR TENDON, OPEN FRAC

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