# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220181990003` · 07/14/2018 · The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in lifting objects
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Ventilation maintenance
- **Injury source:** CONTAINERS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** DISLOCATION
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 173
- **Mine experience:** 0.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Western Kentucky Consolidated Resources, LLC
- **Operator:** The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [1519744](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519744)
## Narrative

Employee who had previously had a hip replacement approximately 6 years prior was building permanent ventilation stopping. Employee had completed stopping and began to seal with plaster. Employee picked up bucket of plaster and felt sharp pain in left hip area.

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