# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220161870021` · 06/24/2016 · Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Metinvest B V
- **Operator:** Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608879](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608879)
## Narrative

Driver observed an overheating condition in the cab of the truck, shut the truck off, and opened the hood from the side and not from the front of the vehicle. The OEM radiator plastic surge tank ruptured spilling hot antifreeze on the driver's left hand and lower arm inside.

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