# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220211040028` · 04/02/2021 · Pontotoc Sands Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 1.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Castle Lake LP; Joshua  Lehde
- **Operator:** Pontotoc Sands Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3402161](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3402161)
## Narrative

Employee was using the grinder to cut a piece of metal off of a shaft. While using the grinder, a foreign object went through the employees jeans and into EE's leg. 

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