# OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
> MSHA accident `220020370023` · 01/26/2002 · Mountain Cement Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
- **Classification:** OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
- **Accident type:** Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Crawling, Kneeling
- **Injury source:** ACIDS,ALKALI,WET CEMENT
- **Nature of injury:** DERMATITIS,RASH,SKIN INFL
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.01 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Mountain Cement Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4800007](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800007)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING IN PLANT ON HIS KNEES. EMPLOYEE KNELT IN A MIXTURE OF WATER AND CEMENT DUST. SKIN REACTED TO MATERIALS ND STUCK TO EMPLOYEE'S KNEES. (HIS PANTS HAD HOLES IN THE KNEE AREA ) EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTICE AREA OF REACTION, HIS SUPERVISOR DID, HE SENT HIM TO HAVE HIS KNEES EXAMINED. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MED TO PREVENT INFECTION AND ASSIGNED LIGHT DUTY.

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