# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220031350064` · 05/13/2003 · Hibbing Taconite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 14.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS RELINING A 240 TON TRUCK BOX WITH THE USE OF A HUCK GUN. THE EMPLOYEE ACTIVATED THE GUN AND THE GUN RELEASED FROMT HE HUCK HALF. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PINCHED AND LACERATED BETWEEN THE GUN AND A CART. EMPLOYEE REQUIRED SEVERAL STITICHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

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