# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220242130006` · 07/27/2024 · Rogers Group Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rogers Group Inc
- **Operator:** Rogers Group Inc.
- **Mine:** [4003198](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4003198)
## Narrative

Employee was adjusting the primary jaw crusher. The pitman got hung on the cheek plate and did not come back with the toggle plate like it should have. The employee placed their hand on the spring bolt to observe what was catching the pitman and the toggle plate fell on the employee's right hand, causing a laceration that needed stitches.

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