# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220203250011` · 11/16/2020 · Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company, LLC
## 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:** Drill helper
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Newmont Corporation
- **Operator:** Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [0503695](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0503695)
## Narrative

At approximately 2:30 pm the crew were in the process of tripping out the drill pipe, the removed rods were being placed in a rod basket, the driller helper placed a rod in the basket and in doing so the rod struck the end of the basket bouncing back toward the driller helper and caught the helper's hand between the end of the rod and the rod basket.

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