# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220022100094` · 07/18/2002 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 124
- **Mine experience:** 10.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4607908](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607908)
## Narrative

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING 7"" X 16' CABLE ROOF BOLTS USING A HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TENSIONER TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS. ONE WAS PICKING UP THE TENSIONER WHEN THE OTHER ENGAGED THE MANUAL HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROL CAUSING THE TENSIONER TO RETRACT. HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CABLE SLEEVE AND THE RETRACTABLE HEAD OF THE TENSIONER, RESULTING IN AMPUTATION AT THE 1ST JOINT.

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