# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220021790021` · 06/19/2002 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Drill helper
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.86 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [1202147](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1202147)
## Narrative

EE WAS DRILLING OVERBURDEN WHEN THE DOOR POPPED OPEN. HE REACHED AROUND WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO PULL THE DOOR SHUT. AS HE DID HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM THE HANDLE ALLOWING HIS FINGER TO GET BETWEEN THE LATCH AND THE DOOR FRAME. HE WAS TAKEN TO GIBSON GENERAL EMERGENCY ROOM, X-RAYS INDICATED A FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL BONE OF THE LEFT RING FINGER, WITH A SMALL LACERATION.

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