# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220001710086` · 06/05/2000 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [4404951](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4404951)
## Narrative

EE WAS USING A 988 CAT LOADER TO SELECT ROCKS FROM A PILE ABOUT 15 FEET TALL. WHILE RETURNING TO THE PILE AFTER SETTING ASIDE ONE OF THE ROCKS. A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE PILE AND HIT THE LOADER B UCKET WHICH WAS ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE THE FLOOR. WHEN THE ROCK MADE CONTACT WITH THE BUCKET IT JARRED THE OPERATOR AND INJURED HIS NECK.

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