# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220132480003` · 09/03/2013 · Bussen Quarries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 23
- **Mine experience:** 10.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bussen Quarries Inc; Riverstone Group
- **Operator:** Bussen Quarries Inc
- **Mine:** [2300027](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2300027)
## Narrative

Employee was helping to move a gate in a chute under construction. Employee was pushing down on the gate handle with his rt hand. When the gate handle moved downward the employee lost his balance, grabbing the corner of the chute with his left hand to catch himself, inadvertently causing his ring and middle finger to become pinched by the moving gate, causing lacerations.

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