# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220063180034` · 10/31/2006 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.52 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [2500002](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2500002)
## Narrative

Employee was taking a section of drag chain & lifting it from the ground onto the cart. When they lowered the chain down into the care, EE's finger was pinched between the chain & a section of another, resulting in a smashed right upper section of his little finger. X-ray on 11/02/06 revealed a broken distal phalnx.

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