# STRIKING OR BUMPING
> MSHA accident `220020310040` · 01/14/2002 · Tilcon Delaware
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STRIKING OR BUMPING
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 365
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Tilcon Delaware
- **Mine:** [0700059](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0700059)
## Narrative

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE IN A SQUATTING POSITION WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE STRUCK HIS HEAD (WHILE WEARING HARD HAT.) THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 1/21/02 AT THAT TIME HE SAID HE HAD RUPTURED A DISC.

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