# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220172490009` · 08/31/2017 · Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
## 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:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
- **Mine:** [4201392](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4201392)
## Narrative

The employee's hand was pinched between the 6"" HDPE pipe and the middle post on the work deck when the pipe slipped off the end post. The contact caused a laceration to the palm of the right hand.

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