# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220022100052` · 07/15/2002 · Knox Creek Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Knox Creek Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4406804](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406804)
## Narrative

EE WAS CLEANING THE SANDER ON RAIL EQUIPMENT WITH HIS FINGERS.A FELLOW EE ACTIVATED THE SANDER TO CHECK ITS OPERATION, NOT KNOWING THAT THE INJURED EE'S FINGERS WERE IN IT. THE GATE OF THE SAN DER DISCHARGE CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, SEVERING THE FINGER TIP.

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