# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220071590036` · 06/02/2007 · Empire Iron Mining Partnership
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; ArcelorMittal
- **Operator:** Empire Iron Mining Partnership
- **Mine:** [2001012](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2001012)
## Narrative

Employee was assisting in aligning a shroud and ripper shank in order to insert the pins. In the process of pushing the shroud against the ripper shank, he got his left thumb caught between the shroud and the ripper shank. This resulted in a fracture of his left thumb and the physician took him off of work for 1 day.

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