# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220050600022` · 02/25/2005 · American Sandstone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 2.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Blaser Aquisition Corporation
- **Operator:** American Sandstone
- **Mine:** [0202746](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0202746)
## Narrative

EE STATES THAT WHILE OPERATING A WHEEL LOADER. EE SUSTAINED A LOWER BACK STRAIN INJURY. THE INJURY WAS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY ABRUPT MOVEMENT OF THE LOADER WHILE OPERATING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY UNTIL NEXT DOCTORS APPOINTMENT ON 03/09/05.

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