# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021920052` · 07/09/2002 · Tilcon Connecticut Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Truck driver
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 34.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Tilcon Connecticut Inc
- **Mine:** [0600012](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0600012)
## Narrative

EE WAS GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SHIFT AND ENTERED THE CAB IN A DIFFERENT MANNER THAN WHAT HE WAS USE TO . IN DOING TO HE TOUGHT HE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT T HE TRUCK LATER IN THE DAY AND BEGAN TO FEEL SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER LEG. HE WAS EVALUATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR WHO PLACED HIM ON LIMITED DUTY.

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