# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220112630028` · 09/12/2011 · Independence Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 32
- **Mine experience:** 2.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4603755](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4603755)
## Narrative

Injured employee was struck on the upper back and neck by a rock weighing approx. 6.3lbs that fell approx. 70 feet from above from the RC4 belt. Injured employee was treated by EMT's and EMS then airlifted to CAMC-General ED.  He was admitted for observation and diagnosed with vertebrae fractures of the neck and tissue bruising.

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