# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220023180040` · 11/04/2002 · The Coteau Properties Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 27
- **Mine experience:** 5.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** The Coteau Properties Company
- **Mine:** [3200595](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3200595)
## Narrative

EE PARKED HIS TRACTOR ON TOPSOIL THAT HAD BEEN DISCED, SEEDED AND MULCHED. HE GOT OUT TO WALK AROUND IT AND WHILE DOING SO HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERG ENCY ROOM AND HAD X-RAYS, IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD FRACTURED TWO BONES JUST ABOVE HIS ANKLE. MULCH COVERING THE GROUND HAD A FACTOR IN THIS AS IT PROBABLY COVERED THE OBSTACLE.

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