# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220243170044` · 11/09/2024 · Wade Sand & Gravel Co., Inc
## 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Climb scaffolds, Ladders
- **Injury source:** FIXED LADDERS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 18.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** William W Wade; Robin A Wade III
- **Operator:** Wade Sand & Gravel Co., Inc
- **Mine:** [0100052](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0100052)
## Narrative

Employee was helping Maintenance Dept. perform electrical grounding checks. EE was descending a permanently affixed ladder. EE pinched left index and middle fingers in the ladder. EE had to get a total of 10 stitches in the left index and middle fingers and fractured the very end of the middle finger.

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