# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220010160090` · 01/03/2001 · Independence Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4608603](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608603)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MEASURE THE LENGTH OF A BELT ROLLER WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING. HE TRIED TO MEASURE THE BOTTOM ROLLER BY STRETCHING THE TAPELINE UNDERNEATH THE BELT. WHILE DOING SO, HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BOTTOM.

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