# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220053050005` · 10/28/2005 · Imerys Talc America, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Fork lift
- **Injury source:** FORKLIFTS,STACKERS,TRCTR
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 44
- **Mine experience:** 0.94 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Imerys Talc America, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4102113](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4102113)
## Narrative

While dumping a small dumpster into a larger dumpster with a forklift, the employee's finger was caught between the fork and the fork access on the bottom of the dumpster as he manually pulled the release lever. The employee was transported to the emergency room.  The top third of his ring finger was surgically amputated.

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