# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220030290007` · 01/21/2003 · Bledsoe Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 86
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James River Coal Company
- **Operator:** Bledsoe Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [1512603](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1512603)
## Narrative

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE CHANGED DIRECTIONS ON THE DOZER AND IT JERKED HIM BACK.

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