# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220140550052` · 02/21/2014 · Teichert Aggregates
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 25.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Teichert Inc
- **Operator:** Teichert Aggregates
- **Mine:** [0405503](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0405503)
## Narrative

While lifting the forklift blade to adjust the horizontal location, the employee got her right pinky finger smashed between the blade and the carriage.  This resulted in a hairline fracture and sutures to close the wound.

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