# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220193370002` · 11/16/2019 · U.S. Silica Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USS Holdings Inc
- **Operator:** U.S. Silica Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [2200415](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200415)
## Narrative

Employee was on the ground spotting a dump truck to prepare for dumping a load of fill dirt in excavation area. Employee's back was to the dozer that came up an incline and fatally struck employee from behind.

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