# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220200370004` · 02/01/2020 · N.A. Degerstrom
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** N A Degerstrom
- **Operator:** N.A. Degerstrom
- **Mine:** [1001702](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1001702)
## Narrative

Employee was starting a piece of equipment, EE reached around to unlatch door the point of the antenna struck employee on the side of the nose and slid up under EE's safety glasses and poked EE in the corner of the eye. Employee was prescribed an antibiotic eye drop to prevent infection. 

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