# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220010160042` · 01/09/2001 · Dean Word Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Timothy D  Word
- **Operator:** Dean Word Company
- **Mine:** [4103037](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103037)
## Narrative

WHILE BREAKING LARGE BOULDERS WITH A PECKER ON A BACKHOE, SOME OF THE SHOT ROCK SLID OVER ONTO THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE, TRAPPING THE OPERATOR INSIDE.

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