# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220003180035` · 11/07/2000 · Cumberland River Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Mantrip
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 3.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ashland Inc
- **Operator:** Cumberland River Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [4406816](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406816)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP. THEY DID NOT REMOVE TIMBER FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THE ROADWAY WAS MUDDY AND ROUGH. THE VIBRATION OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE TIMBERS IN THE BACK OF THE MAN TRIP TO SHIFT. THE END OF ONE TIMBER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RIB. THIS CAUSED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE TIMBER TO SWING AROUND, STRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF HIS FACE, JUST BELOW THE RIM OF HIS HARD

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