# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220053570022` · 06/04/2005 · Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Drill operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kinross Gold Corp
- **Operator:** Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc
- **Mine:** [5001616](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5001616)
## Narrative

Employee was carrying a drill bit from the drill to the drill support truck. While walking and carrying the bit, the employee felt his right knee ""pop."" He finished the shift. The employee reported to the next shift sore and his right knee a little swollen. The injury did not require treatment until surgery on 12/8/05.

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