# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192000027` · 07/18/2019 · Delta Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 14.71 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paula J  Babb
- **Operator:** Delta Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [3500481](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3500481)
## Narrative

Climbed down step ladder to retrieve a screw driver and reached up and grabbed rung on step ladder to climb back up and a hammer fell off the dump truck box and hit the top of right hand causing a displace fracture of middle Phalanx middle finger.

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