# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220251340022` · 05/12/2025 · Little River Materials
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 0.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Baylis  Carnes; Lemuel  Carnes
- **Operator:** Little River Materials
- **Mine:** [0103573](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0103573)
## Narrative

An employee was relocating an excavator and chose to track it down an approximately 8-foot-high wall with a 10-degree slope. Due to recent rainfall, the soft ground caused the excavator to slide and tip onto its side at the bottom. The employee self-extricated and reported the incident.

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