# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220233530010` · 12/13/2023 · Florida Rock Industries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (non-shop)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Operator:** Florida Rock Industries Inc
- **Mine:** [0800335](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0800335)
## Narrative

The technician was repositioning a large trunnion cap for cleaning when it slipped from their grasp pinching left thumb between the cap and the catwalk. The Supervisor called Work Partners, they advised them to go to the hospital. The Foreman from the day-shift took them to the hospital where they were found to have a fractured thumb tip and received five stitches.

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