# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220261100025` · 04/16/2026 · Idaho Materials and Construction
## 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:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Idaho Materials and Construction
- **Mine:** [1002322](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1002322)
## Narrative

After a wiper blade came loose on the screen discharge conveyor belt, employee and 2 other coworkers were attempting to secure the wiper blade's pivot arm to the belt frame with a wire. During the process, the wire came loose, and employee's hand became pinched between the crusher's frame and the wiper blade's pivot arm, resulting in a cut to the palm of their right hand.

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