# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220150780010` · 03/12/2015 · Wildcat Energy, LLC
## 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:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, NEC
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Richard C  Hoffman; Kevin E  Baker
- **Operator:** Wildcat Energy, LLC
- **Mine:** [4609427](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609427)
## Narrative

Employee stated that while he was attempting to place a roofbolt into the drill pot, the plate became lodged in the drill steel guide.  When the employee attempted to remove the fouled plate, his right thumb was pinched between the plate and the drill guide, resulting in a fracture.

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