# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220001190046` · 04/22/2000 · Hibbing Taconite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Truck driver
- **Activity:** Haulage or Dump truck
- **Injury source:** HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 21.61 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

PRODUCTION TRUCK DRIVER PULLED AWAY FROM THE #59 SHOVEL AFTER BEING LOADED WITH ROCK OR TACONITE. HE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN AS HE DROVE AWAY FROM THE SHOVEL. INITIAL REPORTS WERE THAT THE AREA WAS BUMPY, BUT UPON INSPECTION NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS REQUIRED. TRUCK SUSPENSION AND SEATS WERE O.K. DRIVER SAYS A SUDDEN SWITCH IN DIRECTION CAUSED THE INJURY.

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