# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220223630008` · 12/27/2022 · Panther Creek Permitting 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** WRENCH
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Gregory A Beard; William  Spence
- **Operator:** Panther Creek Permitting LLC
- **Mine:** [3605430](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3605430)
## Narrative

Employee was trying to remove stuck 2 1/4"" socket from 3/4"" ratchet.  Had ratchet in vise, attempted to push in ball of ratchet and pull down on socket.  When socket released, employee's left ring finger had come in contact between the socket and work bench, resulting in closed fracture of tuft of distal phalanx of finger.

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