# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220071660024` · 06/07/2007 · Pontchartrain Materials Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** PUMPS,FANS,COMP,ENG,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** George  Douglass Jr
- **Operator:** Pontchartrain Materials Corp
- **Mine:** [1601186](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1601186)
## Narrative

Employee was repairing a fan in the stacking area of the warehouse and grabbed a blade to spin the fan blades to make sure the fan was spinning correctly. His finger slipped and a blade struck his right middle finger causing a laceration of the finger.

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