# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220220480008` · 02/14/2022 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## 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:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [4101241](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4101241)
## Narrative

Pit loader operator in a 992K loader, drove parallel to the muck pile. A large boulder slid down the pile and struck the right front loader tire. The tire blew out and during the movement the employee's right hand was injured by an unknown object in the cab. Employee suffered from a laceration to the right thumb and a strain to the right thumb / palm area. 

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