Mining Incidents

Aggregate Products: 154 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregate Products · Surface
Controlled by Peter Shea Jr
REDDING, Shasta County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404146

Aggregate Products has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $741 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1987–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
25
significant & substantial
$21,866
proposed penalties
$17,305
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,561 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
1,259
inspection hours
12.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
154 citations across 1,259 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Aggregate Products has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $741 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$22K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$741
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.3%
significant & substantial
3.9%
high negligence or reckless
17.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 24.8% low, 70.6% moderate, 3.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
74%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-03-20.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-1024M Settlement Bulluck 2012 $4K → $484
WEST 2012-677M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $800 → $700
WEST 2004-379M Settlement Bulluck 2004 $600 → $135
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-03-17
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz153 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.75 0.65 1.15 Truck Driver
2001-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.41 1.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.32 1.34 Cleanup Man
2026-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.46 0.63 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.42 0.55 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.58 0.60 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.47 0.81 Building Repair/Maint.
2021-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.47 0.96 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.75 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.91 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.82 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.48 0.50 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.39 0.62 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2002-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.46 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.49 0.33 Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Aggregate Products recorded 5.01 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.01
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.43 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 5.01 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Aggregate Products Co-Div/Jaxon Enterprises 1950 to 1984
  2. Aggregate Products 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 14
2024 13
2023 10
2022 10
2021 8
2020 11
2019 14
2018 9
2017 8
2016 9
2015 12
2014 7
2013 6
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2009 6
2008 7
2007 14
2006 12
2005 12
2004 11
2003 11
2002 12
2001 12
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Aggregate Products sits in Shasta County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Shasta County, California · Population 181,554
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,931
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 8,420 4 0 475.1
2026 Q1 7,444 2 0 268.7
2025 Q4 8,999 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,204 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,376 7 0 674.6
2025 Q1 7,342 1 0 136.2
2024 Q4 7,923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,084 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,089 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,126 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,653 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,077 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,827 1 0 207.2
2023 Q1 5,294 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,818 2 0 293.3
2022 Q3 6,588 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,487 4 0 729.0
2022 Q1 5,653 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,428 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,710 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,952 1 0 168.0
2021 Q1 4,785 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,763 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,018 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,538 1 1 117.1
2020 Q1 8,506 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 11,223 5 0 445.5
2019 Q3 11,199 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,628 1 0 131.1
2019 Q1 9,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,977 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,112 2 0 246.5
2018 Q2 6,423 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,935 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,481 1 1 133.7
2017 Q3 5,861 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,651 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,921 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,190 1 0 122.1
2016 Q3 8,434 6 1 711.4
2016 Q2 6,204 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,358 5 0 1489.0
2015 Q4 3,926 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,443 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,682 3 0 814.8
2015 Q1 12,123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,662 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,635 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,152 1 0 194.1
2014 Q1 2,045 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,965 3 0 1011.8
2013 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,692 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,378 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,550 3 0 1176.5
2012 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,826 7 1 2477.0
2012 Q1 2,045 13 2 6357.0
2011 Q4 2,045 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,853 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,856 1 0 350.1
2011 Q1 1,274 2 0 1569.9
2010 Q4 2,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,584 4 1 1548.0
2010 Q2 3,351 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,742 11 6 4011.7
2009 Q4 2,460 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,999 2 0 666.9
2009 Q2 3,677 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,643 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,316 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,535 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,043 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,043 3 0 373.0
2007 Q1 6,441 3 0 465.8
2006 Q4 6,677 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,369 1 0 157.0
2006 Q2 6,785 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,621 2 0 355.8
2005 Q4 6,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,909 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,440 1 1 155.3
2005 Q1 5,872 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,401 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,970 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,579 5 0 1091.9
2003 Q4 5,978 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,347 2 0 315.1
2003 Q2 5,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,461 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,669 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,030 3 0 426.7
2002 Q2 7,459 4 1 536.3
2002 Q1 4,487 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,870 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,333 1 0 120.0
2001 Q2 6,196 9 2 1452.6
2001 Q1 5,189 6 2 1156.3
2000 Q4 6,232 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,762 6 3 1041.3
2000 Q1 4,896 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2025 · 1 incident

January 21, 2025 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing new bearing on tail pulley and put EE's hand in pinch point between bottom of bearing and conveyor frame. Employee suffered laceration to middle finger requiring six stitches.

2010 · 2 incidents

July 7, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Aggregate Products · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee ALLEGES that the condensate line on the air conditioner mounted on a WA600 front end loader "belw up" in his face causing chemical burns to his lungs. Did not report the injury, did not come to work on 7-8-10 and called in sick. He admitted himself to the hospital on 7-9-10 in the evening. The mine operator was made aware of the employees hospitalization on 7-12-10.

February 25, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Products · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was standing on a platform at the feeder belt and was attempting to turn the tail pulley with a long bar. Another worker was on the ground behind him helping to turn the bar. When the employee placed his foot on the bar he stepped on the other workers hand. this startled the employee, he lost his balance, fell backwards, landing on some cobbles.

2009 · 1 incident

June 28, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting hydraulic pump and strained lower back.

2008 · 1 incident

July 1, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking down stairs at the screening plant and strained left knee.

2006 · 2 incidents

June 26, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Aggregate Products · Struck against stationary object

Miner was lying in the middle deck of the Tyler Screen when his hammer began to slide downhill. As he attempted to grab it he sat up and hit his forehead on a steel beam.

April 3, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was tightening bolts on a shaker screen hold-down. He slipped and fell backwards striking a handrail.

2005 · 1 incident

March 21, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was prying on tail pulley guard of 3/8" reject conveyor and pry bar slipped and struck EE on the lip. Area was wet from process water and rain.

2003 · 1 incident

June 5, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WITH KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM SWEATY HANDS. THE KNIFE FLEW UP IN THE AIR AND STRUCK WORKERS LEFT LEG.

2000 · 2 incidents

June 29, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Products · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER HIT EDGE OF BERM CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN. RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT IN SPOKES, WHICH CAUSED WRIST SPRAIN.

April 14, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS WALKING UNDER A CONVEYOR AS IT WAS BEGINING TO MOVE. A COBBLE ROLLED OFF THE BELT AND STRUCK WORKER ON THE HEAD. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT. COBBLE FELL ABOUT 4'.

1999 · 1 incident

May 10, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Struck against stationary object

EE STOOD UP QUICKLY IN AREA WITH LOW HEAD ROOM CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD & BITE DOWN SHARPLY LOOSENING A TOOTH

1998 · 1 incident

February 4, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL ON SIDE OF GRINDING WHEEL. STEEL WAS SUCKED INTO GUARD HOUSING AND CAUSED CUT ON RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND

1994 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EXITING AREA, WHICH WAS WET & SLIPPERY, HESLIPPED AND IN TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE STRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 5, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING GRATE.

1993 · 3 incidents

December 1, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Struck by powered moving object

EE #1 WAS PUTTING CHAIN IN LIFTING HOOK WHEN EE #2 PUSHED BUTTON ON CONTROL TO RAISE LOAD BEFORE EE #1 GOT HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY. CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND HOOK CUT TING TIP OF FINGER.

October 8, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING SHIMS IN JAW CRUSHER AT SCREENING PLANT. DROPPED LAST ONE IN PLACE AND GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATES.

July 12, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DESCENDING LADDER WITH SAMPLE BUCKET, DROPPED BUCK AND STRAINED BACK TRYING TO CATCH IT.

1990 · 3 incidents

December 20, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RELEASED COME-ALONG HANDLE HIT KNEE

November 12, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING MATERIAL AT PLANT.

September 19, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Products · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING 769B ON HAUL ROAD BOUNCING ON SEAT JOLTED BACK CONSTANT JARING CONTINUOUS OVER LAST YEAR NOSPECIFIC INJURY DATE.

1989 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING OIL FILTER OPEN WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HAND

June 22, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Products · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE CLEANING A PLUGGED CONVEYOR BELT HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL LANDING ON HIS RT SIDE SLIGHT FX TO HIS PELVIC BONE

1987 · 1 incident

August 14, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING STEEL3PLATE AT REAR OF TORQUE CONVERTER. HE THOUGHT IT WAS IN PLACE, PUT HAND UNDER IT AND IT SLIPPED. FRACTURED 1ST DIGIT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.