# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220110410016` · 02/08/2011 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
- **Mine:** [0100629](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0100629)
## Narrative

Employee was opening the gate to the yard. A bolt is inserted into a bracket to ensure the gate stays open. As the employee pulled the gate to the bracket, his left index finger was pinched between the gate and the bracket. A cut on the finger required stitches to close the wound. The employee was released for regular duty and returned to work the same shift with no impairment.

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