# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220120300048` · 01/20/2012 · Wyo-Ben, Inc
## 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** David  Brown
- **Operator:** Wyo-Ben, Inc
- **Mine:** [4800612](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800612)
## Narrative

While freeing the last bolt in a joint of two 8-inch suction lines the unsupported end of one pipe dropped roughly 4 inches. When the pipe dropped it pinched his index and middle fingers in between the flange on the pipe and a metal support bracket. Instinctively he tried to jerk his hand out of harms way. The nail on the index finger was lost and the tip of the finger was broken.

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