# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220150050014` · 12/31/2014 · County Line Stone Co Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 10.58 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** J W  Buyers Jr
- **Operator:** County Line Stone Co Inc
- **Mine:** [3000026](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000026)
## Narrative

During a placement of plate steel inside the Deister tower the plate slammed into place pinching he employees thumb causing a laceration and possible fracture.

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