# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220093160026` · 11/02/2009 · Holliday Sand & Gravel
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- **Occupation:** Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** HERNIA;RUPTURE
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 1.27 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Holliday Sand & Gravel
- **Mine:** [2302035](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2302035)
## Narrative

The employee was working as a Deck Hand, pulling a cable, hooking up a barge when he felt a pull in his abdomen.  The injury was diagnosed as a Symptomatic Umbilical Hernia, reducable.  He was referred to a surgeon and is scheduled to have outpatient surgery on Friday, November 13, 2009.

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