# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220042680039` · 09/20/2004 · Bandmill Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Bulldozer
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 183
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Bandmill Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608263](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608263)
## Narrative

ON 9/20/04, EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR LOWER BACK PAIN. HE DOES HAVE A PRE-EXISTING BACK INJURY. HE WAS LAST OFF WORK ON 9/14/00 TO 11/06 DUE TO HIS CONDITION. HE BACKED OVER A ROCK IN A CAT D8R DOZER WHICH IRRITATED HIS PRE-EXISTING INJURY. HE IS CURRENTLY UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE. NO DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.

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