# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220151900023` · 04/21/2015 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 65
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D.  Robertson; James O.  Bunn
- **Operator:** Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [1103147](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103147)
## Narrative

Employee was loading battery cells onto a ride with a boom lift. He pulled on the strap to swing the cell onto the ride when he felt something pull in his left shoulder. The employee stayed at work until he had surgery on 6/29/2015.

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