# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220152030008` · 07/20/2015 · Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mosaic Company
- **Operator:** Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC
- **Mine:** [0800903](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0800903)
## Narrative

In the process of bolting pipe together the Employee wiped the flange off with his hand a metal splinter stuck into his right ring finger. A local anesthetic was administered and the fragment was removed.  The employee was given a written prescription for antibiotics and sent for an x-ray at a local hospital to ensure all metal from the splinter had been removed.

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