# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220072180011` · 08/02/2007 · Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY 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:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership
- **Mine:** [3401634](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3401634)
## Narrative

Ee had been stripping using a dozer.  While the dozer was being fueled up, another employee noticed that the dozer was missing a pin.  The ee walked back to where he had pushed down some timber to look for the pin.  He stepped on a rock, it rolled underneath his foot causing him to fall and sprain his right ankle.

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