# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220062540073` · 09/05/2006 · Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
- **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:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Steven  Thelen
- **Operator:** Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1101228](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1101228)
## Narrative

EE was welding a line for a ready mix hopper. The tack weld he made failed and metal shifted, pinching his left index finger between stell liner and hopper, resulting in a partial amputation and nail evulsion.

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