# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220140450004` · 02/10/2014 · Austin White Lime Company, Ltd.
## 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:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 1.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** J.O.  Robinson
- **Operator:** Austin White Lime Company, Ltd.
- **Mine:** [4100001](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100001)
## Narrative

Employee was moving a storage rack when the top horizontal rail (that is attached to the vertical support with a hinged mechanism) slipped off its base of support and came down. Employee's finger was pinched between the vertical support and the top horizontal rail causing a laceration and fracture.

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