# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220130420030` · 01/25/2013 · Brody Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 627
- **Mine experience:** 1.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Brody Trust
- **Operator:** Brody Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4609086](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609086)
## Narrative

Employee stated that while installing I-beams along the #4B Belt he was struck on the head/back by a beam when the employee holding the beam lost his balance and dropped the beam. Employee began missing work, complained of back pain, saw a doctor on 01/31/13, and medical received on 2/7/13 stated ""mild depression of the T5 & T8 vertebral bodies, with no acute fractures seen"".

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