# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091250032` · 04/26/2009 · McElroy Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- **Occupation:** Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** APPAREL,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** THIGH/FEMUR
- **Days lost:** 60
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CONSOL Energy Inc
- **Operator:** McElroy Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4601437](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601437)
## Narrative

At 1B tailgate return airway: Checking on water levels, put on rubber boots to walk through deeper water. ""When task was completed I couldn't get the rubber boots off so I hooked the heel of the rubber on the end of a 4"" piece of plastic drainage pipe to gain leverage pulling back to get boot off. I pulled my left leg hamstring muscle.""

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