# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220172890024` · 10/12/2017 · ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Mantrip
- **Injury source:** MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 8.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Operator:** ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4601456](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601456)
## Narrative

Employee was riding out of the mine on a section portal bus.  As the bus traveled through a switch, the bus was jarred from side to side.  The jarring motion allegedly caused a sprain/strain to the employee's lower left back.  Employee completed shift and went to a doctor later that day.  Employee has not returned to work. 

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