# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220010220049` · 01/08/2001 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Stopping builder, Ventilation man, Mason man, Overcast
- **Activity:** Handling timber
- **Injury source:** BLOCKING
- **Nature of injury:** HERNIA;RUPTURE
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 43
- **Mine experience:** 0.84 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Eastern Associated Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [4601271](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601271)
## Narrative

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING AN OMEGA BLOCK TO REPAIR AN OVERCAST WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. PLEASE NOT: THE EE WAS DIAGNOISED WITH A HERNIA. EE HAD SURGERY ON 1-16-01 TO REPA IR THE HERNIA.

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