# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220030070017` · 12/22/2002 · Stillwater Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Driller operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 0.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401879](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401879)
## Narrative

EE FELT A GROIN STRAIN ON 12-22-02 AFTER HANDLING A 70 LB. DRILL ROD. SAW A DR, 12-22 AND THEY DID NOT SEE A HERNIA. FOLOWUP ON 12-31 WITH PHYSICIAN, WHICH DIAGNOSED HIM WITH A ""POTENTIAL"" HER NIA. EE INSTRUCTED TO NOT LIFT OVER 15 LBS. UNTIL FOLLOWUP WITH SPECIALIST. FIRST SHIFT MISSED 12-31-02.

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