# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220022350051` · 08/12/2002 · Titan Mining, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Greaser, Grease man, Oiler, Lube man, Dragline oiler
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Clyde H  McComas; Ollie  Burns
- **Operator:** Titan Mining, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4608836](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608836)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A CONT MINER DOWN #5 ENTRY, WATCHING THE SLACK ON THE CABLE. THE MINER TRAMMED OVER AN 8 TO 10 INCH LEDGE IN THE BOTTOM, CAUSING THE MINER BOOM TO SUDDENLY FLY UPWARDS, STRIKING THE ROOF AND CRUSHING THE VICTIM'S HEAD, HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STAY BACK AND WATCH THE CABLE SLACK AND TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINER AND MINER BOOM.

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