# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220102510038` · 06/08/2010 · Teck Alaska Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK 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:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 48
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Teck Resources Limited
- **Operator:** Teck Alaska Inc
- **Mine:** [5001545](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001545)
## Narrative

Employee was removing broken concrete from mixer truck drum through a hole cut in the side. As he pushed 1 piece out his left thumb was pinched between the edge of the hole and the piece of concrete, causing a laceration and a broken bone on the tip of the thumb.

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