# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220072140041` · 07/31/2007 · Kingwood Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, NEC
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 121
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Kingwood Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608751](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608751)
## Narrative

The foreman was working on the truss bolter on the operator's side and was resting his left hand on the canopy. The bolt machine raised suddenly, pinching his left hand between the canopy and top. Fracture to left index and middle finger.

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