# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220161180008` · 04/17/2016 · ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** GENERATORS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 111
- **Mine experience:** 41 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
- **Operator:** ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4601456](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601456)
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to get a portable generator from a storage area.  As employee pulled the generator around a corner toward the entrance, employee heard and felt a ""pop"" in employee's knee.  Employee finished employee's shift but the knee became increasingly tender.

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