# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220132190011` · 08/04/2013 · Kepler Processing Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** ABRAS STONE,WHEEL GRINDER
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Kepler Processing Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4604637](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4604637)
## Narrative

Employee was using a 4-1/2 inch grinder to grind weld from a side panel on a screen.  The disc caught in a crack in the side plate and kicked back striking his arm. The drill was not equipped with a trigger lock, but the disc rotation did not stop till it hit his left forearm, causing a laceration.

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