# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220233490001` · 12/09/2023 · Hibbing Taconite 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:** Bit sharpener, Bit grinder, Grinder
- **Activity:** Hoist
- **Injury source:** CRANES,DERRICKS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cleveland Cliffs Inc; US Steel
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

EE was removing rock from the #1 apron feeder area.  EE used hoist with a 4 ft. wire sling and rock hook to remove plug. When the EE began lifting the hook to remove the plugged rock, the crane moved causing the sling to rotate. EE's thumb was pinched in the loop of the sling as it rotated.

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