# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220030660019` · 02/28/2003 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 11.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4607908](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607908)
## Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER LOADING A COAL HAULER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 4 FOOT LONG BY 18 INCH WIDE BY 0 INCHES TO 4 INCHES THICK SLIPPED OFF THE LOADED COAL HAULER STRIKINGHI M ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND JUST ABOVE THE THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION./

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