# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220031750058` · 06/03/2003 · Bluestone Coal Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 22
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James C  Justice II
- **Operator:** Bluestone Coal Corp
- **Mine:** [4606578](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606578)
## Narrative

LOADER OPERATOR LET THE LOADER BUCKET ""QUICK DROP"" AND THE BUCKET HIT A LUMP ON THE PIT FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE BOUNCED IN THE SEAT. EE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT AT THE TIME.

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