# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220052340010` · 08/18/2005 · Swenson Granite Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Forklift operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 35.9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert  Pope
- **Operator:** Swenson Granite Company LLC
- **Mine:** [2700083](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2700083)
## Narrative

Employee was putting a wooden timber on a piece of curb, in order to put more on top of the timber, when he lost his hold on the timber and it came down on his thumb.

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