# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220251480009` · 05/19/2025 · Curry & Kepple, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 1.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Matthew  Curry
- **Operator:** Curry & Kepple, Inc.
- **Mine:** [3610332](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3610332)
## Narrative

Driver and injured employee were removing a small amount of material from a dump truck to obtain a legal weight.  The tailgate pinched the injured employee's finger.

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