# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220120940041` · 03/27/2012 · U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Rerail equipment, Sprag
- **Injury source:** NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** U S Silver Corporation
- **Operator:** U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1000082](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1000082)
## Narrative

Employee was rerailing a timber truck using the side stake on the truck for leverage. He did not have sufficient clearance from another timber truck so when he dropped it on the rail it pinched his hand between the stake and the other timber truck. This accident was originally reported by the employee as a first aid, but it was determined on 4/2/12 There was a treatable injury.

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