# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220071590032` · 05/09/2007 · Newmont USA Limited
## 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:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Newmont Corporation
- **Operator:** Newmont USA Limited
- **Mine:** [2602512](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2602512)
## Narrative

Employee was in the process of shifting the forks on a forklift when the fork slipped out of his left hand. When it slipped it caught his right pinky finger between the back of the fork and the mast frame of the forklift. The injury was defined as a de-glovinig of the tip of the right pinky finger. The injury resulted in a partial amputation of the tip of the finger.

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