# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220052020028` · 07/15/2005 · Cemex
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rinker Group Ltd
- **Operator:** Cemex
- **Mine:** [2602221](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2602221)
## Narrative

EE was positioning a tail pulley into place when his hand was caught underneath the pulley. The pulley crushed his left hand severing his left hand ring finger from the upper knuckle  to the tip of his finger.

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