# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220023090012` · 10/29/2002 · Peabody Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Stopping builder, Ventilation man, Mason man, Overcast
- **Activity:** Load-haul-dump (UG)
- **Injury source:** MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 18.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1508357](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1508357)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HE AND A COWORKER WERE OPERATING SHIELD HAULERS TRANSPORTING THE ""MUTT"" FROM THE 6TH SOUTH TO THE LONG WALL RECOVERY CHUTES. BOTH OPERATORS HAD DUCK BILLS UNDER THE MUTT CAR RYING THE MACHINE ALONG MINE TRAVELWAY. THE COWORKER TRAMMED FORWARD PULLING THE MUTT FROM THE VICTIM'S DUCK BILL, THIS CAUSED HIS MACHINE TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN HIS HEAD STRIKING THE CANOPY.

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