# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220253170263` · 10/10/2025 · Asbury Advanced Materials
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Asbury Carbons Inc
- **Operator:** Asbury Advanced Materials
- **Mine:** [3607028](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3607028)
## Narrative

Employee was troubleshooting an issue with a California Pellet Mill.  Two employees were rotating the pellet die when the glove of one individual became caught between the rolls and the die pulling the employees left middle fingertip into a pinch point causing a laceration and fracture of the fingertip.

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