# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220260620011` · 02/22/2026 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Underground equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 1.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Wolverine Fuels LLC
- **Operator:** Canyon Fuel Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4200089](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4200089)
## Narrative

Drilling with a jack leg drill. EE removed drill pressure and the drill dropped but the drill steel stuck in the roof. EE grabbing the top of the drill to keep it from falling when the drill steel fell from the hole, striking EE's finger. EE was taken to the ER and diagnosed to have sustained a laceration and fracture to the right index finger. It required stitches and a splint.

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