# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220052310005` · 08/16/2005 · Barrett Paving Materials Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **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:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Colas S A
- **Operator:** Barrett Paving Materials Inc
- **Mine:** [2002867](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2002867)
## Narrative

The conditions contributing to  the injury are unclear.  The employee believes his back strain was received from the seat of his loader.  He stated that he increases the air in his seat causing him to stretch to reach the floor pedals.  Prior to working in the loader, he was shoveling in a awkward position in a tight area.

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