# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220003530078` · 11/23/2000 · Southern Ohio Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner helper, Coal mole helper, Bridgeman
- **Activity:** Locomotive
- **Injury source:** NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 25.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** American Electric Power Company Inc
- **Operator:** Southern Ohio Coal Company
- **Mine:** [3301172](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3301172)
## Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A 15 TON MOTOR, AND HE HAD REDUCED THE SPEED OF THAT MOTOR AS IT APPROACHED A TRACK SWITCH. THE OPERATOR OF ANOTHER MOTOR, FOLLOWING EE S MOTOR FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FOR THAT TR ACK SWITCH, AND COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF EE'S MOTOR. THIS KNOCKED EE INTO OPERATOR DECK FRAME, FRACTURING TWO OF HIS RIBS. NO REPORT WAS MADE OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 12-1-00.

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