# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220213360006` · 11/23/2021 · Superior Silica Sands LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **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:** DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** PIMCO; HPS Investment Partners; Oak Hill Advisors
- **Operator:** Superior Silica Sands LLC
- **Mine:** [4101126](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4101126)
## Narrative

EE was pulling on a V-belt while installing it onto a pump motor sheave. When the V-belt slipped on to the sheave, EE's right hand middle finger got pinched between the belt and the sheave. When EE pulled the hand back, the tip of the middle finger from the nail bed forward was cut off.

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