# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192940020` · 10/16/2019 · U S Silica Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USS Holdings Inc
- **Operator:** U S Silica Company
- **Mine:** [3800138](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800138)
## Narrative

employee was hooking up a new 2 1/2 inch hose to a booster pump located at the plant. The hose was brand new and was raveled and kinked up prior to putting water pressure to it. The employee had a grip on the hose as the pressure increased it began to unwind, the hose caught the employee's right thumb and twisted it.

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