# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220250620030` · 02/24/2025 · Allegheny Mineral Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **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:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 1.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Snyder Associated Companies Inc
- **Operator:** Allegheny Mineral Corp
- **Mine:** [3609318](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3609318)
## Narrative

Employee did not seek treatment until 02/25/2025.  A pin for the excavator bucket was being knocked out and when it came out, instead of letting it fall, the employee held onto it, not realizing the weight.  Employee's left ring finger was smashed in between the pin and the excavator bucket.  The employee received a fractured finger and two sutures.

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