# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220242120035` · 07/25/2024 · James Hamilton Construction Company
## 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:** Mechanic helper
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Charles E  Hamilton; Carroll  Hamilton
- **Operator:** James Hamilton Construction Company
- **Mine:** [2901968](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2901968)
## Narrative

Employee was about to throw trash from back of pickup truck. When EE lowered the tailgate there is a battery terminal underneath where the tail gate comes down, and EE's left middle finger got pinched between the tailgate and a battery. EE decided to be seen on 7/29/24 and was placed on restrictions.

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