# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220073170115` · 11/08/2007 · Gold Resources L L C
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jeffrey A  Goldizen
- **Operator:** Gold Resources L L C
- **Mine:** [4607085](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607085)
## Narrative

The powerscreen was being raised and EE had ahold of the stabiilizer leg while the machine was being raised with the hydraulic control. The hydraulic hose blew and the machine fell. EE's finger got pinched between the stabilizer leg and the main frame. It was amputated between the 1st and 2nd joint of the left middle finger.

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