# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220121170033` · 04/23/2012 · United States Gypsum Company
## 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:** Outside foreman, Leadman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BARRELS,KEGS,DRUMS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 23.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USG Corporation
- **Operator:** United States Gypsum Company
- **Mine:** [4100847](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100847)
## Narrative

Quarry supervisor was assisting another employee to lift a grease barrel onto the drag line platform.  The barrel slipped from their grasp and pinched the supervisor's right, middle finger between the barrel and a ladder rung on the drag line.  The supervisor fractured the tip of the right middle finger  and an avulsion to the finger tip required four sutures to close.

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