# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220000800018` · 03/13/2000 · Specialty Granules LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 16.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Specialty Granules LLC
- **Operator:** Specialty Granules LLC
- **Mine:** [4700148](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4700148)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG FINISHEDPRODUCT ELEVATOR. HE FOUND A CERAMIC TILE AT THE BOTTOM AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT WITH A 3 FT SECTION OF LUMBER. AS THE TILE WAS DISLODGED, TH E ELEVATOR SPUN BACKWARDS FORCING THE LUMBER OUT OF THE ELEVATOR CASE. THE ACTION PUSHED HIS ARM BACKWARDS WHERE IT STRUCK A STEEL ANGLE SUPPORT. RESULTED IN FOUR INCH LACERATION AND FRACTU

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