# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220191610022` · 05/31/2019 · US Ceramics LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mark  Pearson; Michael  Burgess
- **Operator:** US Ceramics LLC
- **Mine:** [0901216](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0901216)
## Narrative

A new employee was injured repairing a fluidizer lance. The employee dropped the lance and quickly grabbed it and pinched the left pinky finger between the lance and collar. Their finger was cut and also crushed. This job was being completed ""manually"" and there was no work procedure to follow. 

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