# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220243520006` · 12/14/2024 · Pinto Valley Mining Corp.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 35
- **Mine experience:** 2.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Capstone Copper Corp
- **Operator:** Pinto Valley Mining Corp.
- **Mine:** [0201049](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0201049)
## Narrative

While installing Feed pipe to the #2 skid at TSF4 an excavator was being used to position the pipe in place. With the stored energy left in the pipe it swung back approximately 10 feet striking the employee in the lower right leg. 

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