# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220231720009` · 06/16/2023 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [4404951](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4404951)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting a piece of wear metal out of a chute. As employee was cutting, the 42-inch x 21-inch x 1-inch plate popped free and smashed their left thumb between the chute and the plate. 

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