# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220140420047` · 04/26/2013 · River View Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Rock duster
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 118
- **Mine experience:** 3.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** River View Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1519374](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519374)
## Narrative

Employee lifted the tongue of a rock duster in order to pin it to his jeep. In doing so he felt a pull, a burning and stinging in his right shoulder. He continued to work the rest of the year and first of this year but started missing work on 2/10/14 to have rotator cuff surgery on his shoulder.

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