# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220243030026` · 10/26/2024 · Magnesita Refractories 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **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:** 9.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Magnesita Refratarios SA
- **Operator:** Magnesita Refractories Company
- **Mine:** [3600009](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600009)
## Narrative

Employee was replacing springs on cooler ports.  Latch holding spring did not hold.  It released causing right ring finger to get pinched between two pieces of metal resulting in fracture to finger.

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