# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220032480013` · 08/30/2003 · Grand Eagle Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Coal/ore shovel operator,  Shoveler,  Power shoveler
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 6.03 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Grand Eagle Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [1516231](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1516231)
## Narrative

EE IS STATING THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE HITACHI EX1800 SHOVEL IN THE WEST END OF THE AREA #2 PIT STRIPPING SHALE AND LOADING END DUMPS. HE BACKED THE MACHINE UP AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL TO ALLOW A DOZER TO CLEAN THE BOTTOM. AS HE STARTED TO MOVE UP A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL IN STRIKING THE CAB AND MACHINE.

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