# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220050600021` · 01/23/2005 · Cold Spring Granite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Outside foreman, Leadman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CONTAINERS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patrick  Alexander
- **Operator:** Cold Spring Granite Company
- **Mine:** [2103085](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2103085)
## Narrative

Employee went to quarry to start generator and plow snow.  Brought two jugs of gas for the plow truck. When lifting the first one out of back of pickup, he wrenched his back.  He thought it would get better with time, but it continued to bother him so he saw a chiropractor on 2-21-05 for lower back pain.

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