# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220100980017` · 04/06/2010 · Taft Production Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Oil Dri Corporation Of America
- **Operator:** Taft Production Company
- **Mine:** [0402964](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0402964)
## Narrative

While working on the gas valve in the dryer the ee's were unthreading the pipe he was holding on to the pipe so when it finally came unthreaded it wouldn't fall to the ground. The pipe has a manual shut off valve and a safety valve while turning the pipe the two came together and pinched his finger in it causing a laceration to the right index finger.

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