# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220022520037` · 09/03/2002 · Missouri Red Quarries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Coal sampler
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CHAIN HOIST, CHAIN BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 39
- **Mine experience:** 10.67 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Tom  Oglesby
- **Operator:** Missouri Red Quarries Inc
- **Mine:** [2300105](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2300105)
## Narrative

EE WAS MOVING A GRANITE SLAB TO HIS WORK STATION. WHILE LOWERING THE SLAB, HE GRABBED THE HOOK, PLACING HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE HOOKS AND THE 5 LAB PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ALL THE TENSION CAUS ING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT FINISH LOWERING THE SLAB AND REMOTE HIS HAND.

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