# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220110680003` · 03/08/2011 · PCS Phosphate Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Potash Corp Of Saskatchewan
- **Operator:** PCS Phosphate Company Inc
- **Mine:** [3100212](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3100212)
## Narrative

Contractor Employee (C1) was moving refractory bricks from a manway inside a calciner when a second Contractor Employee (C2) accidentally dropped a tweeter pipe on C1's right hand. C1 was taken to Beaufort County Hospital and x-rays showed C1 had a fractured index finger.

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