# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220062140020` · 07/27/2006 · Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Rock driller
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.63 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hanson PLC
- **Operator:** Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
- **Mine:** [3800310](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800310)
## Narrative

A Hammer Operator breaking a boulder in the pit.  The boulder was large and his point was approximately 6 feet off the ground.  When the hammer point broke through the rock, the base of the hammer hit the edge of the rock, jarring the excavator and the operator.  The operator expressed that his neck hurt and was taken to the doctor.  He was diagnosed with a strained neck.

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