# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220143520017` · 12/16/2014 · Lafarge North America
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Plumber, Pipefitter, Millwright
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 39.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge North America
- **Mine:** [2000044](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2000044)
## Narrative

Employee was sizing piece of 3/8 hard plate w/ hydraulic shear. The employee pushed piece into the shear to position it then operated the foot control while stabilizing the piece with his hand. When the shear came down the piece lifted off the shear and pinched his middle finger on his left hand between the work piece and hand guard. Employee received 6 stitches

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