# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220041820037` · 06/26/2004 · Coos Bay Timber Operators Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 38.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** David G  Gould; Donna L  Gould
- **Operator:** Coos Bay Timber Operators Inc
- **Mine:** [3501019](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3501019)
## Narrative

EE WAS PUSHING SHOT ROCK TO LIP OF BENCH AFTER DIGGING LOOSE ROCK AWAY FROM BACK OF BANK.  OCCASIONALLY, SMALL LOOSE STONES FELL.  WHILE BACKING, EE HEARD A ""PING"" AND LOOKED AROUND JUST AS A ROCK FLEW AT HIM FROM THE BLADE, STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIN.  THE ROCK MAY HAVE BEEN THROWN FORWARD BY THE TRACK AND RICOCHETTED OFF THE BLADE.

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