# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220022630080` · 07/16/2002 · Kindill Mining Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 20 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
- **Operator:** Kindill Mining Incorporated
- **Mine:** [1200332](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200332)
## Narrative

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS SLED USED TO PULL DRAGLINE POINT SHEAVES INTO POSITION AT THE DRAGLINE. THE BOTTOM OF THE SLED WAS CRACKED AND A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS STICKING UP CAUGHT THE INSIDE OF HIS FOOT. HE SOUGHT DOCTOR TREATMENT IN AUGUST (HE WORKED THROUGHOUT) AND BECAUSE OF BRUISING, THE DOCTOR DETERMINED THAT HE NEEDED A VEIN STRIPPED IN HIS LOWER LEG.

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