# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220013050017` · 10/09/2001 · Echo Bay Minerals Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Hang or reposition tubing
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Echo Bay Mines Ltd
- **Operator:** Echo Bay Minerals Company
- **Mine:** [4503336](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4503336)
## Narrative

THE MINER WAS HANGING VENT BAG WHILE WORKING ON THE DECK OF THE SCISSOR LIFT. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF #9 WIRE THAT WAS ON THE DECK. THE WIRE PIERCED THE SOLE OF HIS BOOT AND PUNCTURED HIS FOO T.

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