# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220122050001` · 07/16/2012 · Morton Salt 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.27 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** K+S Aktiengesellschaft
- **Operator:** Morton Salt Inc
- **Mine:** [4101776](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4101776)
## Narrative

Employee states he was inspecting the centrifuge chute after cleaning with the inspection door closed. Employee removed the inspection door pin and opened the door. While holding the inspection pin in his right hand, the pin contacted an appendage on the rotating drum which slammed the metal door pin into the thumb of his right hand resulting in an injury.

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