# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220262020039` · 07/21/2026 · Magris Talc USA, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
- **Occupation:** Dry screening plant operator, Screen house operator
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 10.52 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Magris Performance Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Magris Talc USA, Inc.
- **Mine:** [2400163](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2400163)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning up around conveyor belts C120 and C125, when they went to toss a partially filed shovel of dirt they felt a pop in their lower back.

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