# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220230330043` · 01/30/2023 · Nevada Gold Mines 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:** Rock driller
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
- **Operator:** Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- **Mine:** [2602573](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2602573)
## Narrative

Driller was in the process of loading a 5 foot piece of 3.25 inch Matrix rod from the rod stack to the jaw of the rod handler, when right middle finger was pinched between the rod and handler jaw. Driller immediately pulled hand from between the rod and handler jaw and noted the injury to the right middle finger tip.

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