# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220141070021` · 04/15/2014 · Asphalt Paving Company
## 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:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** MOTORS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jeffrey W  Keller; John M  Keller
- **Operator:** Asphalt Paving Company
- **Mine:** [0504522](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0504522)
## Narrative

Employee was replacing an electric motor on the head pulley of the conveyor that feeds the north screen in Portable Crusher #2. When the employee was placing the motor into position. The motor slipped and pinched and cut his right hand palm between the electric motor shaft and the gear box. Employee received eight (8) stitches in his right hand palm.

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