# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220022380150` · 08/25/2002 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 26.32 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [3100084](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3100084)
## Narrative

EES WERE INSTALLING TOGGLE BEAM IN HTE JAW CRUSHER, THE BEAM HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND ADJUSTMENTS WERE BEING MADE. THE BEAM IS HELD IN PLACE BY HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS. THE BEAM STOPPED MOVING AND E E WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF CLEARANCE WAS AVAILABLE. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE CYLINDER WHEN THE BACK END BLEW APART SNAPPING THE CYLINDER FORWARD AND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CRUSHING THE END

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