# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220120030030` · 12/28/2011 · Black Hills Bentonite LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Scraper, Pan scraper
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 125
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Thomas A  Thorson
- **Operator:** Black Hills Bentonite LLC
- **Mine:** [4800877](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800877)
## Narrative

The employee was involved in push-pull scraper operation.  He was in 2nd scraper and hooked to 1st scraper with the bale.  The 1st scraper moved forward causing the 2nd scraper to unhook which caused it to drop down hard, causing a trauma of compression to the center of lower back.

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