# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220260710018` · 03/09/2026 · Desert Hawk Gold 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:** Drill operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 6.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rick  Havenstrite
- **Operator:** Desert Hawk Gold Corp
- **Mine:** [4202560](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202560)
## Narrative

Employee was loading a piece of drill steel into the back of a truck and the steel slipped and smashed their middle finger between the steel and the truck bed.  The finger was smashed pretty bad.  The employee drove themselves to the hospital and got x-rays and 12 stitches.

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