# ENTRAPMENT
> MSHA accident `220090620008` · 02/23/2009 · Piedmont Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** ENTRAPMENT
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ted S  Smith
- **Operator:** Piedmont Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [3800720](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800720)
## Narrative

Operator drove the excavator into a sump hole. He was in an area that he should not have been. The operator was trapped inside the cab for approxomately 1.5 hours. The operator was extracted and had no injuries.

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