# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220070920002` · 03/24/2007 · —
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 29.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** —
- **Operator:** —
- **Mine:** [4101192](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4101192)
## Narrative

Employee was placing a spacer in between a jack stand and an end dump axle to raise the right front tire slightly off the ground.  The load shifted and the axle fell on the employee's right little and ring finger tips causing hairline fracture.

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