# STRIKING OR BUMPING
> MSHA accident `220012880106` · 10/08/2001 · Consolidation Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STRIKING OR BUMPING
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 13
- **Mine experience:** 26 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Consolidation Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601968](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601968)
## Narrative

EE WAS WALKING ALONG THE LONGWALL FACE OF 6-R SECTION MMU 069-0 OPERATING THE LONGWALL SHEARER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS HEAD AGINAST A SHIELD SUPPORT THAT WAS 6"" LOWER THAN THE OTHERS CAUSING HIM TO JAM HIS NECK-RESULTING IN A STRAIN.

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