# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220222910002` · 10/03/2022 · Soiland Co., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 0.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** The Stony Point Trust; The Mark D. Soiland Living Trust
- **Operator:** Soiland Co., Inc.
- **Mine:** [0400284](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400284)
## Narrative

The employee was conducting plant maintenance. The employee was pushing on lever to operate a gate door on screen 1. Lever would not move the gate due to debris around the gate. The employee pushed harder on the lever to get the gate to move. The employee felt a sharp pain in the lower back at the time the gate finally moved into the desired position.

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