# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220060190032` · 01/03/2006 · Manalapan Mining Co., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Set or remove brattice
- **Injury source:** CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 29
- **Mine experience:** 0.73 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Benjamin R.  Bennett
- **Operator:** Manalapan Mining Co., Inc.
- **Mine:** [1518771](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518771)
## Narrative

Injured was constructing a brattice when a block that he had stacked fell and struck him on the left index finger, fracturing it near the tip. He left the job at 3:00 pm that day and has not returned.

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