# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220253360026` · 11/24/2025 · Rufer & Son Excavating, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Travel 
- **Injury source:** VEHICLES,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Russell J  Ruffer
- **Operator:** Rufer & Son Excavating, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4702709](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4702709)
## Narrative

After operating hours and after employees were gone for the day a plane crashed into the crushing plant. The occupants of the aircraft were pronounced dead on scene.

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