# STRIKING OR BUMPING
> MSHA accident `220141190002` · 04/17/2014 · Emerald Processing, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** STRIKING OR BUMPING
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** SCALP
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Emerald Processing, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4608759](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608759)
## Narrative

The employee stated that he had been dusting on the 1 East Belt and while walking along the belt his hard hat and light contacted the lifeline flipping it off his head and onto the belt. The employee stated he then turned and stepped towards his hat when his head struck an overcast causing a laceration to the top of his head that required 3 staples.

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