# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220040550011` · 02/21/2004 · Saint-Gobain Proppants
## 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Working with noxious materials
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Saint-Gobain
- **Operator:** Saint-Gobain Proppants
- **Mine:** [0301607](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0301607)
## Narrative

EE WAS PULLING A SMAPLE OF COARSE MATERIAL THRU A CLAMSHELL ON THE END OF A DISTRIBUTION PIPE IN THE SIZING AREA. HE WAS HOLDING THE CLAMSHELL OPEN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND APPARENTLY PLACED HI S LEFT HAND INT HE OPENING. HE ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED AND HE LET THE CLAMSHELL CLOSE ON HIS HAND. HE INSTINCTIVELY PULLED HIS HAND OUT AND RECEIVED AN AVULSION BETWEEN THE KNUCKLE AND THE ARE

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