# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220132690033` · 09/22/2013 · Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Coal/ore shovel operator,  Shoveler,  Power shoveler
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 5.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** ArcelorMittal USA LLC
- **Operator:** Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.
- **Mine:** [2102449](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2102449)
## Narrative

Employee was operating an excavator when the shovel bucket struck a seam of ledge rock.  This caused the tracks of the shovel to elevate and then come down suddenly.  This caused low back strain.

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