# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220042730017` · 09/24/2004 · Rinker Materials South Central, Inc.
## 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:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rinker Group Ltd
- **Operator:** Rinker Materials South Central, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4400003](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400003)
## Narrative

A steel bar had been inserted under a conveyor belt to hold it up while cutting a portion of a metal plate.  When attempting to pull the bar out the opposite end slipped off the conveyor frame resulting in the weight of the bar pinching employee's finger tip.

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