# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220071690059` · 06/08/2007 · Specialty Minerals Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** MOTORS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 2.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Minerals Technologies Inc
- **Operator:** Specialty Minerals Inc
- **Mine:** [0600019](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0600019)
## Narrative

Employee was pushing electrical motors onto a pallet and when he was adjusting one of the motors on the pallet he felt a slight pain in his back. He immediately stopped moving the motors. He then picked up some bolts off the floor and had severe pain in his lower back. (Reportable due to RWDs, which started on 6/11/07.)

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