# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220012950103` · 10/12/2001 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 35
- **Mine experience:** 2.34 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2200690](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200690)
## Narrative

A 300 ' SECTION OF 6"" POLY PIPE WAS BEING TOWED AROUND A LEFT HAND TURN WITH A MINER ON THE GROUND, STANDING BETWEEN A BERM AND A CABLE TREE. WHILE MAKING THE TURN, THE PIPE FOLLOWED ALONG THE BERM UNTIL THE TENSION WAS SUCH THAT THE PIPE BEGAN TO RIDE UP AND OVER THE BERM. WHEN THE POLY PIPE CLEARED THE BERM, THE TENSION ON THE PIPE WAS RELEASED. PIPE HIT THE MINER BELOW LEFT KNEE

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