# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220002420033` · 08/14/2000 · Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** DRIL-PRCUSV,HRD ROC,JKHMR
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 10.76 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Kennecott Ridgeway Mining Company
- **Mine:** [3800626](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800626)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO HOLD UP A JACKHAMMER DRIVING 2"" BOLTS THROUGH THE SAE MILL LINER. HE HAD POSITIONED HIS RIGHT THUMB IN FRONT OF THE JACKHAMMER BOLT; WHEN THE HAMMERING BEGAN, THE BOLT GAVE WAY SUDDENLY CAUSING THE HAMMER STEEL TO ENTER THE BOLTHOLE AND CATCH HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE MILL LINER. INJURY RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO TIP OF RIGHT THUMB; SUTURES OF NAIL

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