# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220020040001` · 01/01/2002 · Cargill Fertilizer, LLC
## 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:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6.03 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cargill Inc
- **Operator:** Cargill Fertilizer, LLC
- **Mine:** [0801183](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0801183)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A CABLE FROM ON D9 TRACTOR TO THE BLADE OF ANOTHER D9 TRACTOR. AS THE SLACK WAS BEING PULLED OUT OF THE CABLE, THE HOOK ROTATED PINCHING THE RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE HOOK A ND TRACTOR BLADE. THUMB WAS FRACTURED AND EMPLOYEE PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

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