# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220041900019` · 03/23/2004 · Highland Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 0.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1502709](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1502709)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: HELPING CO-WORKERS LOAD ROOF FALL OFF OF FCT IN NO.UNIT BELT ENTRY. THE CREW HAD A NYLON STRAP WRAPPED AROUND A PIECE OF ROCK ATTEMPTING TO DRAG THE ROCK WITH A SCOOP. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STRAP, FOREIGN MATERIAL POPPED FROM THE STRAP STRIKING HIS RT. EYELID.

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