# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220211190018` · 04/28/2021 · Earthworks Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
- **Activity:** Surface equipment, NEC
- **Injury source:** CROWBAR,PRY BAR
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Aaron  Thieret; Kevin  Thieret
- **Operator:** Earthworks Inc
- **Mine:** [2302176](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2302176)
## Narrative

EE had staged 2 slabs to saw, they were not properly square. EE took a crowbar, placed it under the top slab, while holding the bar EE used a crane to hook under the crowbar to lift the slab, when the corner of the slab broke the strap and crowbar flipped up striking EE in the nose. 

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