# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220001820080` · 06/27/2000 · United States Gypsum Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** JOINT,TENDON,MUSCL INFLAM
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6.61 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USG Corporation
- **Operator:** United States Gypsum Company
- **Mine:** [3400266](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3400266)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER SHIM GUARD TO CATCH BOLTS THAT WOULD FALL ONCE PLATE WAS RAISED OUT; HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE WELDED NUT OF THE BOLT WHEN THE BOLT MOVED UP, PINCHIN G HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD & THE BOTTOM OF THE JAW CRUSHER.

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