# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220040680008` · 02/29/2004 · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.28 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
- **Operator:** Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
- **Mine:** [4102781](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4102781)
## Narrative

INJURED WORKER WAS INSTALLING SECTIONS OF BACKING PLATES FOR THE FINISH MILL CENTER DIAPHRAGM. THE PIECE OF PLATE HE WAS HANDLING WAS APPROX. 14"" X 18"" X 1 1/2"" THICK. AS HE PLACED THE PLATE NEXT TO OTHER PLATES ALREADY IN PLACE AND SECURE AT KNEE HEIGHT, THE PLATE SHIFTED & SMASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST AN ADJACENT PLATE. FRACTURED PROXIMAL BONE - SPLINT - WORK RESTRICTIONS.

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