# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220102880004` · 09/30/2010 · Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 14.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC
- **Mine:** [3800310](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3800310)
## Narrative

One employee was assisting another employee unload steel plates from a freight truck.  After sliding the plates off the truck, they attempted to move one of the plates out of the roadway.  At this point the employee felt a pain in his lower back.  He was taken for medical evaluation and diagnosed with a lower back strain and put on work restrictions.

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