# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220021190009` · 04/19/2002 · Cortez Gold Mines - (J V)
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY 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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Placer Dome Ltd
- **Operator:** Cortez Gold Mines - (J V)
- **Mine:** [2600827](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2600827)
## Narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER STRIPPING TOPSOIL AT A GRAVEL PIT ALONG THE ROAD. THE PUSHER WAS COMING UP BEHIND THE SCRAPER TO ASSIST PICKING UP SOIL. THE EE SAYS HE WAS HIT VERY HARD. HE WAS TWI STED SIDEWAYS LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE DOZER WHEN THE DOZER MADE CONTACT, THROWING HIM FORWARD & HURTING HIS NECK, SHOULDER, & BACK.

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