# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220031470053` · 05/21/2003 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 31
- **Mine experience:** 7.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [4201665](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4201665)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE GOT HIS RT FOOT CAUGHT IN A HYDRAULIC SLIDE GATE. HE WAS WORKING IN A DRAG CHAIN CHUTE IN THE PROCESS OF HIS WORK HE LOWERED HIS RIGHT LEG DOWN INTO THE CHUTE IN T HE LINE OF FIRE OF THE SLIDE GATE WHICH WAS 18"" BELOW HIS WORK AREA. THE GATE WAS CLOSED INADVERTENTLY PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND THE GATE.

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