# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220022730126` · 09/22/2002 · Rawhide Mine LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 25
- **Mine experience:** 5.34 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rtz-CRA Group; Dayton Mining Corporation
- **Operator:** Rawhide Mine LLC
- **Mine:** [2601030](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2601030)
## Narrative

OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO PUT AIR CONDITIONER DIRECTIONAL COVER BACK IN PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER. THE COVER SLIPPED & HIS LEFT HAND ENTERED THE OPENING. HIS LEFT RING FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SQUIRREL CAGE FAN, LACERATING THE FINGERPRINT PORTION OF THE FINGER & ALSO RESULTING IN AN OPEN DISTAL TUFT FRACTURE ON THE END OF THE FINGER.

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