# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220061220040` · 04/20/2006 · Ohio County Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Roof bolter, Drilling
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Ohio County Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1517587](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1517587)
## Narrative

EE was bolting in 2 right on #1 unit. He had drilled his starter hole, He had put his top section on the finish steel into the hole in the roof. He then put the bottom section into the chuck. The steel was not seated properly and when applied upward pressure on the boom, the steel  dislodged and struck him in the arm.54

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