# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220011760018` · 06/14/2001 · Marfork Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Load-haul-dump (UG)
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
- **Body part:** BRAIN
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 1.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608315](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608315)
## Narrative

THE LEFT MINER CABLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOOM OF THE MINE AND THE MINE ROOF. EE AND SOME CO-WORKERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE BOOM DOWN ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE CABLE. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED BY HOOKING ONE END OF A CHAIN TO THE BOOM OF THE MINER & THE OTHER TO THE SCOOP BUCKET. WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED CHAIN BROKE RESULTING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET DROPPING, BOUNCING EE'S HEAD INTO CANOPY.

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