# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220122400026` · 08/17/2012 · Pete Lien & Sons Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 1.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Pete Lien & Sons Inc
- **Operator:** Pete Lien & Sons Inc
- **Mine:** [4801705](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4801705)
## Narrative

Employee was changing a screen on a screen deck, he was pulling on an angle-iron rail and when the item was dislodged he pinched his thumb on his right hand between the rail and the screen motor.  EE suffered a broken bone in his thumb and a contusion to the thumb nail.

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