# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091830006` · 06/17/2009 · Coronet Concrete Products Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **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:** 0.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James  Richert
- **Operator:** Coronet Concrete Products Inc
- **Mine:** [0404470](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0404470)
## Narrative

Employee was inserting a locking wedge on one of the bolts to tighten the cone and the wedge slid into place easier than he thought it would. He smashed his finger between the wedge and the bolt and broke the tip of his fourth finger on his left hand.

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