# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220050530009` · 02/10/2005 · Wake Stone Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Drill operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** John R.  Bratton
- **Operator:** Wake Stone Corp
- **Mine:** [3100564](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3100564)
## Narrative

Driller was attempting to remove the hammer from the end of the drill section when the outer collar of the drill steel released from the hold position and pinch the driller's left ring finger between the collar and the hammer wrench he was trying to install.

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