# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220160260004` · 01/12/2016 · Union Quarries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.67 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mumma Robert M (Estate) & Max C Hempt
- **Operator:** Union Quarries Inc
- **Mine:** [3600210](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600210)
## Narrative

The employee was feeding a portable impactor crusher with an excavator. A liner plate broke free inside the crusher and was shattered by the rotor. A small piece was ejected through the chain and rubber curtain at the feed opening and through the windshield of the excavator striking the employee's left hand. 

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