# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220040560023` · 02/19/2004 · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
## 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:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Maxxam Inc
- **Operator:** Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
- **Mine:** [1600352](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1600352)
## Narrative

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE MOUNTING AN INVERTER IN AN ENCLOSURE ON THE #1 PDS RECIRCULATION PUMP. THEY WERE USING A LIFTING DEVICE AND HAD THE TOP 2 MOUNTING HOLES OF THE INVERTER THROUGH THE MOUNTI NG BOLTS. THE MOUNTING BOLTS BENT CAUSING THE DRIVE TO SLIP AND PINCH INJURED'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE INVERTER AND THE ENCLOSURE.

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