# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220172480046` · 09/03/2017 · Wharf Resources (USA) Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coeur Mining, Inc.
- **Operator:** Wharf Resources (USA) Inc
- **Mine:** [3901282](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3901282)
## Narrative

The employee pinched left index finger between two pieces of 12"" pipe amputating the tip of finger. 

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