# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192600008` · 09/12/2019 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## 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:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [4201665](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4201665)
## Narrative

Employees were assigned to change broken belts on a cooler fan.  After the new belts had been installed the injured employee got EE's right index finger caught between the belt and pulley causing a laceration and hairline fracture to the tip of EE's finger.

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