# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220072760029` · 09/28/2007 · Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC
## 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:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Tennessee Zinc Company LLC
- **Operator:** Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC
- **Mine:** [4000166](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4000166)
## Narrative

Employee was loading 2"" pipe on rig, caught thumb between pipe and frame on rig. Mashed left thumb required 5 sutures to close wound.

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