# OTHER
> MSHA accident `220101460032` · 05/17/2010 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** OTHER
- **Accident type:** Bodily reaction, NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Crawling, Kneeling
- **Injury source:** BODILY MOTION
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 1.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608384](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608384)
## Narrative

EE knelt down to check oil in 4 wheeler when he felt a pop in his left knee. EE stood upright then knelt down again and felt another pop. He was treated and released at Raleigh General with a follow-up on May 21, 2010 with an orthopedic. He determined that the EE had a torn meniscus and performed a procedure to insert two staples.

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