# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220240080026` · 12/31/2023 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
## 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:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** PLANTS,TREES,VEGETATION
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.73 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2200690](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200690)
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to dislodge a small tree limb that was stuck behind the blade of EE's bulldozer.  When EE let go of the limb, stored energy caused it to snap back, pinning the tip of EE's left little finger against the dozer blade and fracturing the bone.

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