# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220240720022` · 03/07/2024 · First Rate Excavate
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,POWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Harold  Goeden
- **Operator:** First Rate Excavate
- **Mine:** [3901640](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3901640)
## Narrative

Employee was performing maintenance on site, using a battery powered hammer drill. The employee lost grip on the drill, resulting in the base/handle of the tool striking the employee in the face (lip and nose). Employee was taken to a local clinic where sutures were used to close the injury on the employee's lip.

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