# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220111780026` · 06/21/2011 · 3M Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** BLOCKING
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 61
- **Mine experience:** 8.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
- **Operator:** 3M Company
- **Mine:** [3102153](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3102153)
## Narrative

Employee was out at the Bldg 16/30 smoking area during a meal break and tripped over a wheel chock staged adjacent to the well lit area for delivery vehicles utilizing the ramp entrance. The employee fell as a result of this trip and injured the lower portion of his left leg.

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