# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220041210023` · 04/06/2004 · Seneca Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Coal/ore shovel operator,  Shoveler,  Power shoveler
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 144
- **Mine experience:** 5.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Seneca Coal Company
- **Mine:** [0500304](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0500304)
## Narrative

EE WAS MOVING 3"" PUMP AT THE HIGHWALL MINER/YOAST PIT, WHEN A LOOSE PIECE OF COAL SLID FROM UNDERFOOT, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. A REPORT WAS MADE, BUT MEDICAL ATTENTION WASN'T NEEDED UNTIL 4/26, WHEN EE RE-TWISTED THE SAME KNEE. EE HAD MRI ON 4/27, BUT THE DR COULDN'T READ IT UNTIL 4/28. EE SCHEDULED SURGERY ON 4/29. DIDN'T BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 4/20/04.

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