# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220043440003` · 12/06/2004 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 43
- **Mine experience:** 0.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4608218](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608218)
## Narrative

EE, a miner operator, was helping install a buggy anchor.  After the anchor was installed, EE bent down to pick up a piece of key steel from the roof bolter drill boom. The center shuttle car took up slack on the cable one break inby, causing the anchor to strike EE in the chest.  EE sustained a cracked sternum and is currently Lost Time.

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