# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220083090058` · 10/17/2008 · CAM Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 24
- **Mine experience:** 4.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Wexford Capital LLC
- **Operator:** CAM Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1514468](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1514468)
## Narrative

Employee was working to insert auger screw back into barrel using a backhoe to insert screw when the key steel that lines the screw with the planetary gear started to come out. He used his finger to push the key steel back in and it got pinned between the collar of the screw and the top of the mast requiring a surgical procedure.

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