# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220240180011` · 01/10/2024 · Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CONVEYORS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 9.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Operator:** Imerys Carbonates USA, Inc
- **Mine:** [0900047](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900047)
## Narrative

Miners working to clear out a clogged screw conveyor, miner didn't follow the company Lock out/tag out policy and caught their finger in the upstream screw causing an amputation of the left hand ring finger distal phalanges.

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