# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220000460021` · 02/05/2000 · Baxter County Road & Bridge Department
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Baxter County-AR
- **Operator:** Baxter County Road & Bridge Department
- **Mine:** [0301240](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0301240)
## Narrative

EE WAS SECURING A SIGN POST WITH HIS HANDS WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER BUCKET TO DRIVE THE POST INTO THE GROUND WHEN THE POST SLIPPED AWAY FROM UNDERNEATH THE BUCKET FORCIBLY STR IKING HIS THUMB.

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