# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220251150031` · 04/10/2025 · Benton County Stone  Co  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:** Dryer operator, Kiln operator,  Dry plant operator,  Fluid operator, Bed dryer operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James A  Kemp; Melinda S  Kemp
- **Operator:** Benton County Stone  Co  Inc
- **Mine:** [0301730](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0301730)
## Narrative

Injured EE(1) instructed EE(2)(Tower Operator) to bump the conveyor on to dislodge a rock. EE(1) had gone back to the tail-pulley and after the ""bump"" saw a rock and reached in to remove it, at that moment EE(2) ""bumped"" the conveyor again, pinching EE(1)'s left index finger in the pulley.

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