# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220050540002` · 02/21/2005 · American Rock Salt Company LLC
## 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Joseph G  Bucci
- **Operator:** American Rock Salt Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3003255](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3003255)
## Narrative

Employee was helping another employee sand blast a head shaft for a stamler flight chain.  The shaft was sitting on a cart and the employee was rolling the shaft for the sand blasting.  The cart flipped up causing the employee to pinch his right middle and ring fingers between the shaft and the ground.  Employee fractured the tips of both fingers.

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