# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220171100021` · 04/19/2017 · L.G. Everist, Inc.
## 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CONVEYORS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** L G Everist Inc
- **Operator:** L.G. Everist, Inc.
- **Mine:** [0501910](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0501910)
## Narrative

EE and co-worker were working on the tail pulley shaft for the mainline stacker. They had taken a come along and attached it to the shaft of the tail pulley and pulled the shaft backwards. When EE went to remove the bearing from the shaft the bearing turned and crushed EE's finger in between the bearing and the tail pulley adjuster.

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