# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220102110023` · 07/13/2010 · KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
- **Activity:** Crawling, Kneeling
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 51
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** International Coal Group Inc (ICG)
- **Operator:** KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
- **Mine:** [1519323](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519323)
## Narrative

Employee kneeled down and hit his right knee on a rock, which twisted his knee. He said he felt something pop in his knee and pain in the left side of his right knee. He continued to work the rest of the shift. He has continued to work up till 7/29/10 and was taken off work after the MRI showed a torn meniscus in his right knee.

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