# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091680005` · 06/01/2009 · Rogers Group Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rogers Group Inc
- **Operator:** Rogers Group Inc
- **Mine:** [0300855](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0300855)
## Narrative

Changing a return roller. The employees thought that the brackets that hold the roller in place were on top of the frame of the convoyer but were not, they were on the bottom. One employee let his side loose first, letting the roller free to swing into the other employees finger, smashing it into the frame.

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