# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220260480020` · 02/13/2026 · Alamo Cement 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Buzzi S p A
- **Operator:** Alamo Cement Company 
- **Mine:** [4103019](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103019)
## Narrative

The employee and a contractor were removing an inspection cover from the top of the clinker cooler drag-chain. The employee's tip of pinky finger on left hand became pinched between the bottom of the cover and a metal flange as they placed the cover on the ground. The employee's fingernail was almost avulsed from the nail bed

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