# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220172480043` · 08/31/2017 · The Marion County Coal Company
## 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, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 25
- **Mine experience:** 0.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert E  Murray
- **Operator:** The Marion County Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601433](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601433)
## Narrative

Injured was rib bolting in 4 East off the miner. When the steel was extracted from the hole, the steels wouldn't separate. EE put gloved left hand on the end of the steel and tried to extract with the hydraulic feed, but hit the wrong direction and pinched fifth phalange between the drill steel and the hole in the coal rib, resulting in a laceration requiring 16 sutures.

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