ON JUNE 11,2002 EE SCRATCHED HIS LEG WHILE MOVING A CRATE CONTAINING WINDSHIELD GLASS FOR A LOADER. THE RIGGING FAILED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS SHIN CAUSING A MINOR SCRATCH ON RT. SHIN. DU E TO COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES, THE SCRATCH BECAME INFECTED AND THE EE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVER NIGHT ON JUNE 26, 2002.