# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220072430034` · 08/18/2007 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** United  Company
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608266](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608266)
## Narrative

While drilling a roof bolt from the operator side of the fletcher roof bolter the utility man laid his left hand on the drill head. This resulted in his left hand being caught between the drill head and the mine roof. His middle finger was amputated from the tip to the distal joint and his index finger from the tip to the base of his finger nail.

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