# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220213020008` · 10/25/2021 · Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 277
- **Mine experience:** 0.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** The Chemours Company
- **Operator:** Southern Ionics Minerals, LLC
- **Mine:** [0901230](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0901230)
## Narrative

Employee was placing safety cones on a MMU trailing cable as it was being moved by an excavator.  As the trailing cable was elevated by the excavator, the trailing cable swung freely striking the employee in the left lower leg.

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