# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220082250017` · 08/06/2008 · ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Grupo Mexico S A B de C V
- **Operator:** ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
- **Mine:** [0200134](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0200134)
## Narrative

Employee was working to free a stuck cathode in the stripper.When the blank was freed from the copper,the machine advanced the blank starter sheet and also advanced the next cathode in line.As the machine advanced the blank, the loose copper sheet struck the employee in the back.

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