# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220033440006` · 12/01/2003 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2200690](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200690)
## Narrative

EE WAS REPLACING THE PARKING BRAKE PADS ON EQUIPMENT. THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED & PLACED ON A WORK TABLE TO REMOVE THE PADS. EE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CAGING STUD WAS ALMOST OUT (UNSCREWED) OF THE PISTON, ONLY 2 THREADS HELD THE STUD IN THE PISTON. EE COULD NOT SEE THE PISTON MOVING BACK AS IT SHOULD. AS A RESULT, HE PLACED HIS LTINDEX FINGER INSIDE. PISTON CLAMPED CLOSED.

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