# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220142830009` · 09/25/2014 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal 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:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 189
- **Mine experience:** 0.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3607230](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3607230)
## Narrative

The employees were loading pipe into the cradle of a fusing machine. The operator put his hand in the end of the pipe in an attempt to lift it. The excavator lifting the pipe also had horizontal motion towards the fusing machine. When the employee lifted the pipe it slid rapidly crushing the employee's hand between the pipes. This injury required surgery to his left hand.

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