# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220051510106` · 05/26/2005 · Hugo Sand Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CROWBAR,PRY BAR
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** SKULL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 32 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Dorothy  Strohm
- **Operator:** Hugo Sand Company Inc
- **Mine:** [3301519](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3301519)
## Narrative

Employee was making dredge repairs using hand tools: 3/4"" ratchet & 4'-long cheater pipe.  He took dredge pump apart and left the ratchet and pipe on the end of the shaft.  He started the engine and then engaged the clutch.  The pipe came around and hit him on the left side of his skull.  Employee was hospitalized and died of his injuries on 7/3/05.

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