# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220002560049` · 08/29/2000 · Hart County Stone Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Drill helper
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
- **Body part:** BRAIN
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 0.07 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Larry T  Glass
- **Operator:** Hart County Stone Company
- **Mine:** [1517053](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1517053)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE RECALLS HE WAS BURSTING ON ROCK AND REMEMBERS PULLING HAMMER BACK; HAMMER HIT THE ROCK AND SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE HEAD (INSIDE CAB OF ROCK BREAKER). THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED HE WAS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE. (OTHER EMPLOYEES SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ACCIDENT.) HE WALKED TO SHOP SEEMING TO BE IN INCOHERENT STATE OF MIND. MGR CHECKED EQUIPMENT, FOUND 3"" ROCK 1"" THICK IN CAB.

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