# STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
> MSHA accident `220221240001` · 12/08/2021 · Soiland Co., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Crawling, Kneeling
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 11.63 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** The Stony Point Trust; The Mark D. Soiland Living Trust
- **Operator:** Soiland Co., Inc.
- **Mine:** [0400284](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400284)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting a conveyor belt on the ground. Employee knelt down onto a nail that was still in the mat that was used to secure the conveyor belt while in its rolled up position. Employee sustained a puncture wound to EE's left knee.  

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