# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220040890058` · 03/17/2004 · American Sandstone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Blaser Aquisition Corporation
- **Operator:** American Sandstone
- **Mine:** [0202746](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0202746)
## Narrative

EE WAS LIFTING A SLAB OF STONE HE HAD SPLIT WHEN THE STONE FRACTURED & BROKE IN TWO. THIS FORCED HIM TO QUICKLY LOWER THE PIECE OF STONE HE WAS HOLDING ONTO, PINCHING HIS FINGERS WHEN THE STONE LANDED ON THE TOP OF THE BLOCK OF STONE THE SLAB WAS SPLIT FROM. NO BROKEN BONES.

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