# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220123550014` · 12/06/2012 · Saint-Gobain Proppants
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 27
- **Mine experience:** 0.13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Saint-Gobain
- **Operator:** Saint-Gobain Proppants
- **Mine:** [0300261](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0300261)
## Narrative

Picked up two steel beams with a forklift. One of the beams was not centered on the forks.  By hand, worker pulled the beam to center and left thumb was pinched between the beams.  The bone of the thumbnail digit of the left thumb was broken.

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