# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220000800021` · 03/08/2000 · Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Dyckerhoff & Heidelberger Zement Ag
- **Operator:** Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
- **Mine:** [3000585](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3000585)
## Narrative

MAN WAS OPERATING OVERHEAD CRANE AND WAS HOLDINGON TO CRANE HOOK, WHEN THE CABLE CAUGHT ON SOMETHING, WHEN HE PULLED IT HIS THUMB WAS ON THE UP SWITCH AND THE HOOK PINCHED HIS SMALL FINGER BET WEEN THE BLOCK AND THE BALL MILL DRUM, THE CABLEWAS ATTACHED TO.

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