# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220031140026` · 04/12/2003 · Sherwin Alumina Company, 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:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** BPU Reynolds Inc
- **Operator:** Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4100906](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100906)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING SOME FILTER PRESS LEAVES WHEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LEAF AND A LIFTING HOOK. THE LEAF WAS BEING LIFTED BY AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE CRANE. HE LIFTED THE LEAF BEFORE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE COULD REMOVE HIS RIGHT HAND FROM THE PINCH POINT. THE RESULT WAS A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER. NO LOST TIME, RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.

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