# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220022730016` · 09/18/2002 · Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Scraper, Pan scraper
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 23.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alleghany Corp
- **Operator:** Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4503480](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503480)
## Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING SCRAPER, STRIPPING BASALT IN WEST PIT, OTHER EE WAS OPERATING PUSH CAT. AS EE IN SCRAPER WAS DROPPING BOWL, OTHER EE BUMPED INTO HIM HARD FROM BEHIND, CAUSING SCRAPER TO GO OVER A LARGE PIECE OF BASALT, JARRING EE A SECOND TIME, STRAINING HIS NECK AND BRUISING HIS RIBS AND HIPS.

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