# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220040370064` · 12/16/2003 · Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 4.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
- **Mine:** [5001267](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001267)
## Narrative

THE EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO OPERATOR COMPARTMENT OF 980 LOADER. HE LIFTED HIS LEFT KNEE TO THE NEXT STEP AND FELT A POP DISCOMFORT IN THE KNEE PERSISTED AFTER HIS TWO WEEKS AT WORK ROTATION. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON HIS TWO WEEKS OFF. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT TWO WEEK ROTATION. ON HIS NEXT TWO WEEKS OFF HE WAS GIVEN TEST RESULTS, DIAGNOSIS WAS A TEAR TO THE KNEE PART

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