# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220242330018` · 08/14/2024 · PBS Coals, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **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:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 64
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
- **Operator:** PBS Coals, Inc.
- **Mine:** [3603328](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3603328)
## Narrative

As the track was being walked back onto the shovel, a piece of steel came off one of the rollers and struck an employee in the right leg just below the knee.  The employee was standing approximately 20' away from the machine when the accident occurred. The employee had to have the fragment surgically removed.

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