# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220100600033` · 02/25/2010 · Hempt Brothers Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **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:** 2.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Max J  Hempt
- **Operator:** Hempt Brothers Inc
- **Mine:** [3600135](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600135)
## Narrative

When the employee got injured, he was sanding a shaft to a tail pulley of a  conveyor belt. The employee had the shaft proped up about two inches off the floor to sand the shaft. The shaft slipped off the prop and crushed the employee's left middle finger. Employee should have been using a different means to prop the shaft up when sanding.

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