# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220222570014` · 09/02/2022 · Stillwater Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Sibanye Stillwater Limited
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401490](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401490)
## Narrative

Employee was using a MAG drill to drill holes into a structural beam while on the same beam in a congested area in the Ore Building. After the employee drilled the 3 holes, the drill bit failed while drilling the fourth and final hole. Resulted in the drill bit breaking, and right hand getting caught in-between the drill and scaffold leg after a sudden jolt from the MAG drill.

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