# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220232350029` · 08/17/2023 · SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Greaser, Grease man, Oiler, Lube man, Dragline oiler
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 147
- **Mine experience:** 5.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Orchard Global Asset Management LLP
- **Operator:** SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC
- **Mine:** [4105317](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4105317)
## Narrative

An employee was helping to re-install a tail pulley guard on a belt conveyor when it slipped catching EE's left ring finger in the expanded metal of the guard causing a fracture of the distal phalanx of the left ring finger.

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