# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220041310090` · 04/30/2004 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Continuous miner
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 25
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608852](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608852)
## Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 3' WIDE 3' LONG AND 8"" THICK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE ROCK TRAVELED ALONG THE CONVEYOR BOOM AND ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE BOOM STRIKING THE MINER OPERATOR ON THE LEFT KNEE.

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