# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220032180018` · 07/29/2003 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 32
- **Mine experience:** 3.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
- **Mine:** [4406846](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406846)
## Narrative

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT AND HAD CHANGED STEEL. WHEN HE PUT THE TWO PIECES OF STEEL TOGETHER A PART OF HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE TWO WITH OU T HIS KNOWLEDGE. HE THEN ACTIVATED THE ROTATION AND THE LEFT HAND WAS TWISTED AGAINST THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING THE INJURY.

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