# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220203500029` · 12/06/2020 · Luminant Mining Company LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BLDG,STRUCT,BOAT,RAFT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
- **Days lost:** 92
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vistra Energy
- **Operator:** Luminant Mining Company LLC 
- **Mine:** [4104586](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4104586)
## Narrative

Employee started to slip while carrying a load and grabbed a door jam to regain their stability.  The employee heard a pop and felt immediate pain in their right arm and immediately reported the incident to their supervisor.  The employee was taken to the ER and the physician diagnosed the employee with a right distal bicep tendon rupture that would require surgery.

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