# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220202650024` · 09/17/2020 · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
## 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:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Surface construction, NEC
- **Injury source:** CRANES,DERRICKS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 34
- **Mine experience:** 14 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)
- **Operator:** United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
- **Mine:** [2100820](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2100820)
## Narrative

EE was calling for plant operator to lower overhead crane hook so EE could attach rigging to remove temporary steel support on the Concentrator Section 7 launderer.  The operator did not see the signal to stop and as the hook lowered the EE's left index finger was caught between the hook and adjacent structural steel resulting in a fracture to the distal end of the finger.

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