# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220131160020` · 04/19/2013 · Hanson Aggregates, LLC
## 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:** Outside foreman, Leadman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 9.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Hanson Aggregates, LLC
- **Mine:** [4100059](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100059)
## Narrative

EE was helping a scale company remove weights from a scale. The weights were 4"" round 52"" long and 185 lbs.  While moving the second weight, the weight dropped onto the belt and smashed EE's middle finger, right hand between the conveyor structure and one side of the weight.  EE's finger was crushed and sustained a fracture open to the tip of the finger.

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