# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220083300002` · 11/22/2008 · Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Load-haul-dump (UG)
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 135
- **Mine experience:** 9.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hugh E  Harvey
- **Operator:** Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
- **Mine:** [2900170](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2900170)
## Narrative

EE was driving under a belt cross while pulling a fan with a toolcat. There was loose muck on the floor and he lost traction. He backed up to get better traction. When he was about halfway through, the front tires caught loose muck, which drove Employees head between a return roller and the belt.

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