# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192120019` · 07/29/2019 · Ash Grove Cement Co
## 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** STORAGE TANKS AND BINS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.58 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Co
- **Mine:** [3502970](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3502970)
## Narrative

Employee was dumping a hopper full of kiln feed and debris into a dumpster. When employee went to release the handle, the hopper rocked back, smashing the tips of employee's left middle and index fingers between the forks and hopper frame. Both fingertips were fractured, with nail damage and degloving of finger pads.

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