# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220233280020` · 11/20/2023 · Gillibrand Industrial Sands, 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 1.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Celine L Gillibrand Trust
- **Operator:** Gillibrand Industrial Sands, LLC
- **Mine:** [0401888](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0401888)
## Narrative

EMP was re-applying Machine guard after a repair. While grasping the handle of the guard to reposition the guard to attach the bolts back on, the guard slipped from the bottom, causing the handle to come down on the employee's left middle finger & and landed on a supporting beam, trapping, pinching, & cutting the Left Middle Finger.  Laceration.

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