# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220082600002` · 08/04/2008 · Mullite Company Of America
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Forklift operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BAGS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 30 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Operator:** Mullite Company Of America
- **Mine:** [0900339](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900339)
## Narrative

Employee was lifting a 100 pound bag of material off of a pallet, when he felt a pain in his left shoulder, which subsided and he finished his shift.  Three weeks after the initial injury, the employee did not have any pain, but his shoulder was popping.  An MRI revealed a tear of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.

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