# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220113530039` · 12/09/2011 · EP Minerals, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Cleanup man, Cleanup worker
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 48
- **Mine experience:** 14.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** EP Management Corporation
- **Operator:** EP Minerals, LLC
- **Mine:** [3503236](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3503236)
## Narrative

employee was not following our lock out tag out test out policy while working on a piece of equipment.  he caught his gloved hand in a pinch point and broke his right thumb in two places with a laceration across the top.  this pinch point moved because a chunk of DE caught a gate and drove it up causing an adjustment wheel to turn unexpectedly.

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