# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220081420037` · 05/16/2008 · B & W Resources Inc
## 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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 281
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** David  Wells
- **Operator:** B & W Resources Inc
- **Mine:** [1519008](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519008)
## Narrative

Employee was pushing rock with a Cat. D11 dozer when the blade of the dozer slipped on a rock, causing a quick jerk to the operator. Employee complained of lower back pain. He drove himself to the Mary Breckingridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky where an MRI is pending.

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