# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220020240020` · 01/04/2002 · Echo Bay Minerals Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** ARM, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Echo Bay Mines Ltd
- **Operator:** Echo Bay Minerals Company
- **Mine:** [4503283](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503283)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE SCRAPED HIS RIGHT ARM IN SEVERAL SPOTS WHILE CLEANING A CYCLONE SCREEN FULL OF CRUSHED ROCK. THE SCRAPES WERE MINOR, HOWEVER A COUPLE OF SPOTS BECAME INFECTED. HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AND DID NOT VISIT THE DOCTOR UNTIL 1-10-02. HE IS BEING TREATED FOR INFECTION WITH A COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS.

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