# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220182320029` · 08/10/2018 · Lafarge North America Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 24.87 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Holcim Ltd
- **Operator:** Lafarge North America Inc.
- **Mine:** [2000051](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2000051)
## Narrative

Employee was shoveling near the tail section of D7A conveyor, the shovel made contact with a steel shim under the structural channel of the conveyor, the sudden/abrupt stop caused the shovel to twist to the left.  This twisting motion combined with the force applied caused the employees knee to ""give out"" or buckle in a sideways motion.

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