# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220043640024` · 12/14/2004 · Black Wolf Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Severstal Resources
- **Operator:** Black Wolf Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [3608746](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3608746)
## Narrative

ON 12/14/04 EE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS NECK WHILE TAKING A SHOWER.  THE NEXT MORNING EE VISITED A PHYSICIAN AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL (15TH, 16TH, 17TH) FOR POSSIBLE HEART PROBLEMS.  ON 12/20 EE CALLED THE MINE SITE STATING HE HURT HIMSELF SHOVELING AND HAD A HERNIATED DISC IN HIS NECK AND WOULD BE OFF WORK.  EE STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 12/20.

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