# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220040480049` · 02/02/2004 · CalPortland Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 14
- **Mine experience:** 2.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Taiheiyo Cement Corp
- **Operator:** CalPortland Company
- **Mine:** [4503374](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503374)
## Narrative

HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE SOME ROCKS THAT HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE FLY WHEEL OF THE JAW CRUSHER. WHEN HE MOVED A ROCK ANOTHER ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND PINNING IT TO THE FRAME AND BREAKING HIS MI DDLE FINGER. THERE WAS ALSO A LACERATION TO THE HAND THAT REQUIRED SOME STITCHES.

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