# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220082490048` · 08/29/2008 · Jewett Mine 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Jewett Mine LLC
- **Mine:** [4103164](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103164)
## Narrative

Employee was installing a bushing in the drag hitch of a Marion 8750 dragline bucket. Another employee pushed a pin into the bushing. The first employee's hand was on the head of the pin as the pin was slid into position, smashing his right middle finger between the bushing and the pin keeper. He was taken to a local ER for treatment for a fractured finger.

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