# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220000800048` · 02/17/2000 · Consolidation Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 17
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Mine:** [3604281](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3604281)
## Narrative

INFORMATION PROVIDED TO ME ON 3/9/00 INDICATES THAT EE'S LEFT KNEE PAIN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS WORK RELATED. EE ALLEGED ON 2/17/00 THAT HE INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE PULLING SHIELDS ON THE LW FACE WHEN A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED SHIELD MOVEMENT CAUASED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE HIS FOOT.

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