# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220123210023` · 11/01/2012 · Northeast Solite Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
- **Occupation:** Drill operator
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Northeast Solite Corp
- **Operator:** Northeast Solite Corp
- **Mine:** [3000287](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000287)
## Narrative

The driller apparently attempted to load drill pipe into the carousel while the drill head was rotating.  It appears a strap the driller was holding became entangled around the drill pipe after the drill pipe threaded into the drill head and rotated.

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