# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220041170111` · 02/16/2004 · Lafarge Southwest
## 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:** Scraper, Pan scraper
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 223
- **Mine experience:** 0.1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge Southwest
- **Mine:** [2901475](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2901475)
## Narrative

EQUIP. OPERATOR CHOSE TO CHANGE THE NORMAL ROUTE OF HAUL.  HE CROSSED THE PATH WHICH THE SCRAPERS HAD BEEN HAULING AND HIT A ROUGH SPOT, CAUSING A JOLT AND INJURING HIS BACK.  IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE OPERATOR CHANGED THE HAUL ROUTE FROM WHAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO.

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