# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220220800031` · 03/16/2022 · Kemmerer Operations, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **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:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 11.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kemmerer Holdings LLC
- **Operator:** Kemmerer Operations, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800086](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800086)
## Narrative

The employee brushed against a service truck leaf spring that was stored in the Warehouse. The leaf spring began to fall and the employee reached out to grab it. In doing so the leaf spring pinched employee's right middle finger between it and a desk. The pinch resulted in a laceration that needed 7 stitches to close.

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