# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220040820024` · 01/28/2004 · CR Briggs
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck against a moving object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Haulage or Dump truck
- **Injury source:** HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- **Nature of injury:** HERNIA;RUPTURE
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 10
- **Mine experience:** 0.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Canyon Resources Corp
- **Operator:** CR Briggs
- **Mine:** [0405276](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0405276)
## Narrative

Employee stated he was sitting in a 85 ton haul truck being loaded in the pit area. The loader dropped a large boulder into the bed of the truck causing the truck to rock back & forth. This rocking of the truck resulted in a hernia in the abdominal area. EE will have corrective surgery on 3/15/04, possible return within 6 weeks.

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