# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220040080027` · 12/23/2003 · Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** DISLOCATION
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 7
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4405559](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405559)
## Narrative

EE WAS HAULING TWO BUNDLES OF BELT RAILS INTO THE MINE. THE TOP BUNDLE 50 RAILS SLID TO THE SIDE. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE BUNDLE BACK ON TOP AND STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS RIB CAGE, RESU LTING IN A DETACHED MUSCLE FROM HIS RIBS.

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