# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220050610042` · 02/21/2005 · Jewett Mine LLC
## 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:** Clerk, Timekeeper, Office worker, Director of sales
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 14.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Jewett Mine LLC
- **Mine:** [4103164](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103164)
## Narrative

EE OPENED A GATE & WAS SECURING IT TO A T-POST WITH THE BARBED WIRE PROVIDED ON THE T-POST.  AS EE SECURED THE GATE WITH THE WIRE, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GATE AND A BARB ON THE WIRE, CUTTING HIS FINGER.  THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.  (BARBED WIRE HAS BEEN REMOVED TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER OCCURRENCES.)

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