# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220153480012` · 12/10/2015 · ACG Materials
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** H I G Capital LLC
- **Operator:** ACG Materials
- **Mine:** [4104878](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4104878)
## Narrative

Employee Was clearing topsoil with a dozer. A branch was entangled behind the blade. When the employee tried to remove the branch, it slipped, pinning the employee's right ring finger between the branch and the equipment. When employee removed his glove, the tip of his finger had been removed. Employee kept fingertip and glove with him and was immediately driven to the hospital.  

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