# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220042570044` · 08/31/2004 · Western Rock Products 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY 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:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Western Rock Products 
- **Mine:** [4202264](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202264)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER, HE HIT A ROCK OR BUMP & IT CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT RIB CAGE ON THE ARMREST OF HIS SEAT. THE IMPACT FRACTURED A RIB ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT.

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