# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220002730026` · 09/20/2000 · Independence Coal Company Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 35
- **Mine experience:** 0.11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Incorporated
- **Mine:** [4608513](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608513)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT STACK STEEL IN THEHOLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE TOPAND PINNED HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL (PUSHER) AND THE PIECE OF ROCK. HE WAS TRANSPORT ED TO CLINIC WHERE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED. RECOVERY TIME IS UNKNOWN.

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