# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220140760022` · 03/10/2014 · AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ELBOW
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3608620](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3608620)
## Narrative

Employee injured his right bicep on Monday morning at the start of the shift (5 AM) when he was lifting a 4-inch pump flexible discharge line and attempting to take a tight bend out of the line. He felt a pain in his right elbow. He had an MRI that diagnosed a right distal bicep rupture. EE had surgery to repair the rupture and has been working his regular job.

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