# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091200015` · 04/23/2009 · URS Corp
## 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:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** URS Corporation
- **Operator:** URS Corp
- **Mine:** [1001873](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1001873)
## Narrative

A mechanic was holding a drill steel with the deck bushing raised up on the drill steel and suspended from the jib line.   The jib line broke causing the deck bushing to slide down the drill steel striking the employee's hand.  The employee's left thumb was pinched causing a laceration needing ten stitches.

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