# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220020560033` · 02/07/2002 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 7.26 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4607908](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607908)
## Narrative

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING A PIECE OF ATRS ON A PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK. X RAYS OF HIS BACK INDICATED DEGENERATIVE OSTEOPHYTES AT MULTIPLE DISC LEVELS IN TH E LOWER THORACIC AND INT HE LUMBAR SPINE PARTICULARLY AT L3-4.

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