# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220032020059` · 07/15/2003 · Eden Stone Co., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** William  Gesell
- **Operator:** Eden Stone Co., LLC
- **Mine:** [4700044](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4700044)
## Narrative

HE WAS ON HIS MACHINE AND IT MALFUNCTIONED...THE BLADE CAME DOWN TOO QUICKLY. WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE BLADE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE HEAD OF THE M ACHINE. THAT TOOK THE TIP OF HIS FINGER OFF.

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