# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220060590049` · 09/27/2005 · Elk Run Coal Co.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Coal/ore shovel operator,  Shoveler,  Power shoveler
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Co.
- **Mine:** [4607938](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607938)
## Narrative

Operating excavator, building temp. access road over to bench on refuse impoundment.  Trammed onto rocks thought to be stable.  When he picked up another bucket of material & started to swing around to place the material, the rocks under the tracks gave way & allowed the sides of the tracks to dig in.  Excavator tipped over & rolled down the slope.  Laceration to forehead.

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