# STRIKING OR BUMPING
> MSHA accident `220082560001` · 08/27/2008 · Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** STRIKING OR BUMPING
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Colas S A
- **Operator:** Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Inc
- **Mine:** [0301894](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0301894)
## Narrative

Employee was returning from taking a break at the office to operate loader.  Employee was in the process of mounting the access ladder to the loader, when he hit his knee on a ladder rung.  Employees knee was bruised.

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