# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220061030042` · 03/09/2006 · Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
- **Operator:** Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
- **Mine:** [2800021](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2800021)
## Narrative

Employee was digging into a rock pile with a front end loader, when he tilted the bucket upward, the back end of the loader came off the ground causing the employee to pitch forward. He struck his stomach on the round ball on the steering wheel causing an abdominal contusion.

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