# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220122210029` · 07/30/2012 · Rio Grande Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Clerk, Timekeeper, Office worker, Director of sales
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Aurcana Corporation
- **Operator:** Rio Grande Mining Company
- **Mine:** [4102905](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4102905)
## Narrative

Employee was lifting about ten lbs. While setting it into a kubota RTV she felt pain in the lower back. The pain worsened through the night. She saw a physician the next day. She was diagnosed with muscle strains in the lower back.

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