# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220091680010` · 06/12/2009 · Luminant Mining Company LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Energy Future Holdings Corporation
- **Operator:** Luminant Mining Company LLC 
- **Mine:** [4103660](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103660)
## Narrative

A mechanic was assisting a group of employees change our a drag chain on a dragline bucket rigging. One employee was utilizing a loader with a hydraulic hammer attachment to remove hitch pin. During the pin removal a chip of metal flew off the hammer head and struck the other mechanic in the left forearm requiring surgery to remove the chip and repair a damaged artery in his arm.

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