# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220260920024` · 03/31/2026 · Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Leaching operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 16 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Equinox Gold
- **Operator:** Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
- **Mine:** [0404614](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0404614)
## Narrative

The employee was holding an 8"" HDPE pipe while the other employee was unbolting the steel flange at Pad 6/7 - pipe lay down yard. Once the upper bolts were removed from the HDPE pipe, the spool shifted, and the steel flange swung down, striking the left pinky finger, smashing and lacerating.

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