# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220230530008` · 02/17/2023 · Graymont (WI) LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Plumber, Pipefitter, Millwright
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Graymont Ltd
- **Operator:** Graymont (WI) LLC
- **Mine:** [4700587](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4700587)
## Narrative

Employee was conducting a routine task. Inspecting a belt. They lifted a top cover of the guard to check the tracking. When they grabbed the cover by both sides to place it back on, it slipped from their left hand, smashing a finger between the side guard & the top guard angle iron. Employee was wearing gloves, & it put a hole through the gloves.

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