# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220232090013` · 07/27/2023 · GS II/Bird/CertainTeed
## 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:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **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:** 2.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Saint-Gobain
- **Operator:** GS II/Bird/CertainTeed
- **Mine:** [2301372](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2301372)
## Narrative

While attempting to remove a chute cover, the cover came loose.  The employee tried to stop the chute from falling by grabbing the bottom of the cover.  The employee's finger was caught between the chute cover and a slide gate below the chute.  Cutting their right ring finger.

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