# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091670030` · 06/13/2009 · Solvay Chemicals,  Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Underground transportation trainee
- **Activity:** Ventilation maintenance
- **Injury source:** RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 36
- **Mine experience:** 4.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Solvay S A
- **Operator:** Solvay Chemicals,  Inc
- **Mine:** [4801295](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4801295)
## Narrative

An employee sustained fractures to the little and ring finger on his right hand, when the hand was pinched between a rib roller and the protective cage on the miner.  He was attempting to reposition the miner to free the ventilation tubing, when his right hand was pinched between a rib roller and the protective cage on the miner.

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