# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220022460082` · 06/28/2002 · Riverside Refractories Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 10
- **Mine experience:** 8 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** William C  Morris
- **Operator:** Riverside Refractories Inc
- **Mine:** [0101112](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0101112)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO ""MUD ROOM"" TO REPAIR V BELT THAT HAD COME OFF THE HEAD ROLLER PULLEY ON THE DISCHARGE BELT FROM THE MIXER. NO ONE WAS AWARE HE CAME IN AND STARTED REPAIRS. HE BEGAN TO R EPAIR V BELT WHEN MIXER OPERATOR ENGAGED BELT TRAPPING HIS HAND BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT. THE DOCTOR TRIED TO SAVE HIS FINGER BUT LATER AMPUTATEDTHE RIGHT INDEX TO 1ST JOINT.

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