# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220010430065` · 02/02/2001 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** HERNIA;RUPTURE
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 6.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4607908](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607908)
## Narrative

EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING COWORKERS IN SETTING TIMBERS. WHEN HELPING TO LIFT ONE OF THE TIMBERS, HE EXPERIENCEWD PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ABDOMEN. HE UNDERWENT HERNIA SURGERY IN MARCH 20 00 AND RETURNED TO WORK JANUARY 15, 2001. THE EE HAS A HISTORY OF ABDOMINAL PAIN WHEN EXERTING HIMSELF ACCORDING TO RECORDS. THEREFORE, THE EXPERIENCE WITH ABDOMEN PAIN IS NOT THE RESULT OF A

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