# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192620018` · 09/09/2019 · Granite Construction 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELTS (NOT CONVEYOR)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Granite Construction Inc
- **Operator:** Granite Construction Company
- **Mine:** [5001282](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001282)
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to remove a v-belt from a sheave on the main drive of a wet screen.  Another emloyee was assisting to remove tension on the belt by raising the drive end of the belt pulley while the injured employee attempted to lift the belt off the sheave.  While grasping the belt near the motor end the belt moved back over the sheave & pinched injured employee's finger.

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