# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220081980038` · 05/16/2008 · Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **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:** 2.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paul T  Ayres
- **Operator:** Red Flint Sand & Gravel LLC
- **Mine:** [4700813](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4700813)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning out a bagging machine. There was a hinge plate on the machine that fell on his finger causing a laceration.

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