# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220181860016` · 06/27/2018 · Appalachian Aggregates, LLC
## 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Appalachian Aggregates, LLC
- **Mine:** [4602794](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4602794)
## Narrative

During crusher maintenance. The employee first removed the center plate which allows the shoes to be knocked out.  As the shoe was placed along the top edge of the crusher it began to slide forward.  In an instinctive move the employee reached out to catch the shoe resulting in the shoe mashing the tip of the employee's right pinky finger against the inside of the crusher.

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