# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220151320007` · 05/01/2015 · Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 73
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC
- **Mine:** [4405311](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405311)
## Narrative

Employee was standing on an insulating mat that was on a pallet helping trouble shoot issue. When he stepped off the pallet he stepped down onto a #3 stone turned his right ankle and fell resulting in sprain.

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