# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220163000001` · 10/18/2016 · Noranda Alumina LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Weighman, Scale person
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 99
- **Mine experience:** 7.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Noranda Aluminum Company
- **Operator:** Noranda Alumina LLC
- **Mine:** [1600352](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1600352)
## Narrative

Employee was using an air chisel to descale a box in Precipitation. While doing so, the air chisel shifted and dropped, catching the employee's finger between the chisel and metal structure resulting in a fracture and laceration.

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