# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220030150028` · 08/02/2002 · Leatherwood Processing Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 69
- **Mine experience:** 37 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** Leatherwood Processing Company
- **Mine:** [1516520](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1516520)
## Narrative

HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN JOLTING AND JARRING STARTED HIS BACK TO HURTING. MRI SHOWS DEGENERATIVE CONDITION IN HIS BACK. EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1-2-03

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