# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220161400001` · 05/10/2016 · Buzzi Unicem USA 
## 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:** Plumber, Pipefitter, Millwright
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 28
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Buzzi S p A
- **Operator:** Buzzi Unicem USA 
- **Mine:** [3600006](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600006)
## Narrative

Two miners on a ladder were lifting a hydraulic power cylinder weighing approximately 100 lbs off supporting stand the cylinder was resting on, the cylinder became unbalanced, slipped from one employees grip and when the cylinder fell it pinched the other employee's left middle finger tip between the cylinder and the steel support plate.  

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