# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220012250122` · 08/02/2001 · Thiele Kaolin Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paul R  Kirschling
- **Operator:** Thiele Kaolin Company
- **Mine:** [0900337](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900337)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS THREADING CONDUIT IN RIGID 300 THREADING MACHINE. HAD THREADED CONDUIT, WENT TO REMOVE BUT DID NOT WAIT FOR MACHINE TO STOP. PIPE HUNG IN JAWS OF MACHINE, CAUSING PIPE TO CATCH HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN MACHINE AND CONDUIT MASHING 4TH FINGER.

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