# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220170530014` · 02/14/2017 · KOSMOS CEMENT CO.
## 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:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 344
- **Mine experience:** 0.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cemex S A
- **Operator:** KOSMOS CEMENT CO.
- **Mine:** [1504469](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1504469)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH TO DEMO STEEL LINERS OUT OF CHUTE. ONE OF THE LINERS WAS UNKNOWINGLY LOOSE AND WHILE PRYING ON THE LINER THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED CUTTING, THE LOOSE LINER ON THE ADJACENT WALL TIPPED OVER SMASHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO.

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