# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220180120024` · 11/15/2017 · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 36
- **Mine experience:** 15.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)
- **Operator:** United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
- **Mine:** [2100282](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2100282)
## Narrative

Employee reported the incident 11/29/2017.  Employee was digging with a backhoe. Employee over-correct when the stick took off in the opposite direction causing jarring motion to the cab.  Employee felt a pinch in the neck and shoulders.

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