# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220141290022` · 05/08/2014 · Rock-It Natural Stone, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** WHEEL-FROM CAR OR TRUCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 38
- **Mine experience:** 1.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Billy D  Baldwin
- **Operator:** Rock-It Natural Stone, Inc.
- **Mine:** [3401917](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3401917)
## Narrative

Worker was removing a wheel from a skid steer when the tire slipped off the lugs and caught the workers two middle fingers of his left hand in between the rim and the axle hub. This resulted in compression injuries to both fingers. He was taken to the Haskell County Community Hospital for treatment by an EE was later transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok.

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