# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220171170007` · 04/20/2017 · Staker & Parson Companies
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** KNIFE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** ARM,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Staker & Parson Companies
- **Mine:** [4202128](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202128)
## Narrative

Employee was trying to cover an electrical panel with a tarp during a storm. The employee pulled on a rope that was attached through an eyelet on the tarp to secure the cover. The eyelet ripped out of the tarp causing the employee to cut self on the left arm with a knife the employee was holding in right hand.

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