# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220162460022` · 08/25/2016 · Amrize Cement 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Holcim Ltd
- **Operator:** Amrize Cement Inc.
- **Mine:** [3800014](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800014)
## Narrative

Ee attempted to place hitch into vehicle receiver, hitch slipped out of receiver, pinned left hand little finger in the hinge mechanism (Pintle type), and hitch's weight (20.4#) dropped resulting in fracture of distal phalanx. Ee went to ER same shift. Ee examined by Orthopedist and fully released on Aug. 31.

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