# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220180730022` · 03/11/2018 · Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Grader operator, Roadgrader operator
- **Activity:** Grader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** New Gold Inc
- **Operator:** Western Mesquite Mines, Inc.
- **Mine:** [0404614](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0404614)
## Narrative

The operator on 14M road grader, while doing some floor work in BC6 pit, struck a partially embedded rock causing a straining lower back.

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