# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220082910001` · 07/19/2008 · Big Ridge Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang,  Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Handling timber
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** HERNIA;RUPTURE
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 33
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Big Ridge Inc
- **Mine:** [1103054](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103054)
## Narrative

Employee was throwing yield props across the belt line and started hurting in his stomach. (Umbilical Hernia)on 06/20/2007, he was operating a tractor and hit a bump, had pain in his stomach. (Umbilical Hernia again) This type of hernia is a fatty membrane thru the abdominal wall because of a weak spot from the umbilical cord during fetal life. This is an Illness not a injury.

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