# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220070710032` · 01/23/2007 · Sisecam Wyoming, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 42
- **Mine experience:** 27.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** OCI Company, Ltd.; Anadarko Petroleum Corp
- **Operator:** Sisecam Wyoming, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800154](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800154)
## Narrative

Employee was performing maintenance work on a continuous miner (CM04), dropped valve spool under the miner. Employee knelt down on right knee to retrieve spool. When he stood up and put weight on right leg, he felt pain in his right knee.

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