# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220231710005` · 06/06/2023 · Mckee Materials LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** JAW INCLUDE CHIN
- **Days lost:** 81
- **Mine experience:** 0.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jerry  Mckee
- **Operator:** Mckee Materials LLC
- **Mine:** [3303466](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3303466)
## Narrative

Miners were positioning the dredge to pull alongside the prepared embankment. Using an excavator to tow the dredge into place, the cable briefly stuck to the embankment and when it came dislodged, the miner was in the path of the cable and became injured. The miner was assessed on site and was taken to the local hospital. There, it was discovered that the cable had broken EE's

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