# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220063170103` · 10/30/2006 · Hanson Permanente Cement Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 21
- **Mine experience:** 0.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hanson PLC
- **Operator:** Hanson Permanente Cement Inc
- **Mine:** [0404075](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0404075)
## Narrative

Miner was assisting two other mines in sliding a 2' X 6' X 1"" steel plate three feet away from dry grass. Miners were repositioning plate so that cutting sparks would not make contact with, and ignite, grass. The distal tip of the small finger on the miner's right hand was severed when he reflexively jerked his hand back when it made contact with a rock underneath the plate.

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