# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220022420052` · 08/21/2002 · Energy Resources Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert E  Murray
- **Operator:** Energy Resources Inc
- **Mine:** [3602695](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3602695)
## Narrative

TRAVELING FORWARD ACROSS BACKFILL AREA, WENT FROM ONE LEVEL OF BACKFILL TO ANOTHER (APPROX 2-21/2 FOOT DISTANCE) DROPPED ONTO LLOWER LEVEL, DOZER WENT OVER CENTER BLADE FIRST. BLADE HIT GROUND AND DOZER CAME TO ABRUPT STOP. OPERATOR CUT HEADON BRACKET INSIDE CAB. OPERATOR TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM, 16 STITCHES LEFT FOREHEAD AREA.

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