# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220002300046` · 08/08/2000 · Cove Coal Co., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Apprentice, Trainee
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 191
- **Mine experience:** 0.11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eugene  Ball
- **Operator:** Cove Coal Co., Inc.
- **Mine:** [4406629](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4406629)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MUD FROM UNDER #2 BELT CONVEYOR; WHEN HE THREW IT ON THE BELT, THE MUD TOOK THE SHOVEL, AND BELT PULLING SHOVEL FROM HIM PULLED HIS SHOULDERS, CAUSING PAIN BETWEEN HIS S HOULDERS.

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