# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220052160050` · 07/22/2005 · Specialty Granules LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Pumper
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Specialty Granules LLC
- **Operator:** Specialty Granules LLC
- **Mine:** [3603460](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3603460)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning out a chute during a system clean down, the employee reached into a chute to remove material inside the chute and his glove caught the rotating equipment pulling it to a pinch point. The distance of the employee's reach was 12-18 inches. This is not a standard procedure for the clean down.

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