# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220001430024` · 05/14/2000 · U S Borax Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CONVEYORS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 31
- **Mine experience:** 0.94 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** U S Borax Inc
- **Mine:** [0400743](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0400743)
## Narrative

THE EE STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A RUBBER PATCH OVER A HOLE IN THE 10 MOL DRYER FEED SCREW HOUSING. HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO PUSH THE EXISTING PATCH OF THE HOLE. IN DOING SO, HIS GLOV E WAS PULLED INTO THE SCREW, AMPUTATING HIS THUMB TO THE FIRST KNUCKLE.

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