# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220041760029` · 06/18/2004 · Ash Grove Cement Co
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 6.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Co
- **Mine:** [3502970](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3502970)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HI-VACING. HE FINISHED HI-VACING AND STARTED ROLLING UP THE HOSE. THE HANDLE AND CLIP WERE REMOVED FROM THE HOSE. WHEN COILING UP THE HOSE, THE HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. THE HOSE, STILL ON, MOVED TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE WHO ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT WITH HIS HAND WHEN IT SUCKED HIS HAND AND ARM INTO THE HOSE. BRUISED SHOULDER AND ARM, SPRAINED THUMB, SWELLING.

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