# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220111520034` · 05/19/2011 · Ohio County Coal Company LLC
## 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:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.52 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Ohio County Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1517587](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1517587)
## Narrative

EE was bolting.  He had drilled the hole with the top steel and when he let the boom down to add the bottom steel, the top steel fell out of the hole and struck him on the cheek and ear, causing a laceration.

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