# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220252130037` · 07/24/2025 · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** WOOD ITEMS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
- **Operator:** Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
- **Mine:** [4102781](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4102781)
## Narrative

Employee reached in to grab a porta power that they saw starting to slip. They put their hands in the line of fire and when the shoring spun it impacted their right thumb. Employee was taken to the local clinic where an X-ray showed an acute non displaced fracture. Employee was instructed to wear a finger splint and released to return to work.

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