# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220053180132` · 11/03/2005 · American Sandstone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Blaser Aquisition Corporation
- **Operator:** American Sandstone
- **Mine:** [0202746](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0202746)
## Narrative

EE WAS MOVING A SLAB OF STONE TO BE SPLIT WHEN HE PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STONE HE WAS MOVING AND AN ADJACENT STATIONARY BLOCK OF STONE. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER. PHYSICIAN INSTRUCTIONS: NO WORK TILL RE-EVALUATION ON 11-11-05.

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