# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220022560042` · 09/05/2002 · Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 52
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [2501146](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2501146)
## Narrative

THE EE WAS HELPING TO DISMANTLE THE DREDGE WHEN DOING SO HE MOVED A FLANGED PIPE THAT SLID AND TIPPED OUT OF THE SADDLE PINCHING AND SEVERING THE END OF THE EE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE PIPE FRAME AND CORNER OF THE DREDGE CABIN. THE EE HAD SURGERY ON 9-6-02 TO PIN BONE ON THE END OF THE THUMB.

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