# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220230480022` · 02/15/2023 · ACE Industrial 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **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:** 3.81 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paul T  Ayres
- **Operator:** ACE Industrial Sands LLC
- **Mine:** [3102302](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3102302)
## Narrative

Operator was attempting to replace drivebelts on a de-energized fan assembly for the dryer dust collection system. EE attempted to roll the belts onto the pulley when EE's left pinky became pinched between the belt and the pulley, severing the tip of that finger. 

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