# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220033460003` · 12/04/2003 · Performance Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Headgate operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 13
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Performance Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608436](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608436)
## Narrative

SHEAR PIN COUPLING CONVEYOR LINE TO SHIELD RELAY BAR. EE WAS FEELING INSIDE CONVEYOR LINE CLEVIS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ANY OFFSETS, SO A NEW PIN COULD BE INSERTED. WHEN THE RELAY BAR SL IPPED PAST THE HOLE CATCHING TIP OF HIS FINGER.

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