# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220151040001` · 04/13/2015 · Letart Corp
## 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:** Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
- **Activity:** Barge, Boat, Dredge
- **Injury source:** BLDG,STRUCT,BOAT,RAFT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 22.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jon P Thompson; Roy  Thompson
- **Operator:** Letart Corp
- **Mine:** [4607315](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607315)
## Narrative

Dredge operator was helping move the dredge from one mining area to another. upon positioning the dredge, the operator spun a ball float so that he could reconnect the float to the shore line. When he did the float pinched is hand between the hull and the float cutting the middle finger of the left hand.

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