# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220091620030` · 06/04/2009 · The Quartz Corp USA
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Climb scaffolds, Ladders
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 22.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Operator:** The Quartz Corp USA
- **Mine:** [3101334](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3101334)
## Narrative

Employee felt a pull in his right knee when he stepped down from the last rung of a fixed ladder to uneven ground.  The employee strained the same knee again on 6/8/09 when he stepped into a depression in the floor that was covered by sand. The employee did not report either incident until 6/8/09. The employee was given a brace for his knee by the physician.

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