# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220093410013` · 11/30/2009 · Coeur Alaska Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BAGS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coeur Mining, Inc.
- **Operator:** Coeur Alaska Inc
- **Mine:** [5001544](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001544)
## Narrative

Injured employee was observing a concrete pour. A forklift was moving a pallet of sandbags, and as the operator began to back up, one of the sandbags started to fall from the pallet. The injured employee and another employee attempted to reposition the sandbag on the pallet, and he felt immediate pain in the lumbar region of his back.

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