# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220012470189` · 08/24/2001 · Lehigh Portland Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** MACHINE-MILL,CLEANING PLT
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 29
- **Mine experience:** 0.01 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Lehigh Portland Cement Company
- **Mine:** [1800017](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800017)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEES WERE USING A CHAINFALL & AN EYBOLT TO LIFT A HOPPER SECTION WEIGHING ~750 LB. THE WEIGHT OF THE HOPPER SECTION BROKE THE EYEBOLT. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP THE HOPPER SECTION FROM HITTING HIM.

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