# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220092250047` · 08/10/2009 · Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Block or chock mine cars
- **Injury source:** BLOCKING
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Warren  Ames III
- **Operator:** Twin State Sand & Gravel Company Inc
- **Mine:** [2700070](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2700070)
## Narrative

Employee was checking tire of welding trailer so it could be unhooked from vehicle. Left ""pinkie"" finger became pinched between tire of trailer & wheel chock, resulting in injury to pinkie finger, laceration to pinkie finger.

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