# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220040680004` · 03/01/2004 · Alcoa Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY 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:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alcoa Inc
- **Operator:** Alcoa Inc
- **Mine:** [4100356](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100356)
## Narrative

SCRAPER WAS BEING PUSHED BY DOZER. SCRAPER OPERATOR WAS LOADING THROUGH HARD ROCKY DIRT WHEN HE RAISED THE PAN SLIGHTLY CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO PULL AWAY FROM THE DOZER. WHEN DOZER CAUGHT UP, IT BUMPED THE SCRAPER HARDER THAN USUAL CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO JOLT & STRAIN HIS BACK.

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