# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220150430010` · 02/05/2015 · Amrize Mid-America Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Amrize Mid-America Inc.
- **Mine:** [1102931](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1102931)
## Narrative

An employee pinched his index finger on the wheel of a gate valve between the wheel and the valve flange. This resulted in a fracture to the tip of his index finger and two sutures.

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