# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220022730123` · 09/18/2002 · Buzzi Unicem USA
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BOXES,CRATES,CARTONS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 10.44 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Dyckerhoff AG
- **Operator:** Buzzi Unicem USA
- **Mine:** [2300134](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2300134)
## Narrative

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BOX OF WATER TO PLACE IT ON A STAND AT CHEST HEIGHT. SOON AFTER THIS LEFTING EE STATED SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS UPPER LEFT BACK. HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS BAD EN OUGH TO GO TO A DOCTOR AT THAT TIME. THE PAIN, HE STATED, CONTINUED AND MOVED DOWN HIS LEFT ARM.

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