# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220042170066` · 07/26/2004 · Pete Lien and Sons, Inc.
## 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:** Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Pete Lien & Sons Inc
- **Operator:** Pete Lien and Sons, Inc.
- **Mine:** [0503222](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0503222)
## Narrative

When the victim opened the valve, the handle rotated beyond stops in the valve body. When he closed the valve, his thumb was caught between the handle and the body of the valve. The finger nail on his right thumb was cut and pushed in a small chip off the bone----no amputation per call 8/6/04.

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