# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220082530022` · 08/28/2008 · Kaw Valley Sand and Gravel, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 1.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ben G  Kates
- **Operator:** Kaw Valley Sand and Gravel, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1401667](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1401667)
## Narrative

Operator removed guard to clean the steel tire of a rotary sand drying drum.  The operator was holding a rag on the tire while it was running.  His two finger tips were smashed between the moving steel rollers.  KU Med doctors amputated the distal tips of both his ring finger and middle fingers on his left hand.  The bandages will be on for at least another week.

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