# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220020980029` · 02/27/2002 · Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by powered moving object
- **Occupation:** Blaster, Shooter, Shotfirer, Explosive worker, Powder gang/monkey
- **Activity:** Supervise
- **Injury source:** MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 173
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1800010](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800010)
## Narrative

LEAD BLASTER IN CHARGE ON TOP OF TRUCK TO MONITOR FILLING OF STICK MAKING BIN. HE DIRECTED OPERATOR TO MOVE BOOM IN HIS DIRECTION. BOOM SWUNG RAPIDLY WITH INITIAL APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC PRES SURE AND STRUCK BLASTER IN CHEST, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK. BLASTER FELL 11 1/2' TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS, PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN CLAVICLE, CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND FOREHEAD.

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