# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220211590021` · 06/02/2021 · Boxley Materials Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Summit Materials LLC
- **Operator:** Boxley Materials Company
- **Mine:** [4400106](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400106)
## Narrative

Employee was putting new gears in a shaker.  The gears slipped off of the shaft and employee's right thumb got caught between the gears and the shaft when they fell.  Employee's right thumb was fractured and cut.

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