# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220030150036` · 11/06/2002 · Nestle Purina PetCare Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Mill equipment
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 13
- **Mine experience:** 3.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Nestle S A
- **Operator:** Nestle Purina PetCare Company
- **Mine:** [4406882](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406882)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ""LARGE PACK"" PACKAGING LINE WHEN AN EMPTY 20# BAG WAS ATTACHED TO THE END OF A FULL ONE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE EMPTY BAG OFF BEFORE IT ENTERED A BAG SEALING UNIT. H E OVERREACHED WHEN GRABBING THE BAG AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB CAUGHT IN THE BELT AND PULLEY ASSEMBLY THAT GUIDES THE BAGS INTO THE SEALER.

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