# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220002650002` · 09/19/2000 · Granite Rock Co
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from ladders
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 32
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bruce W  Woolpert
- **Operator:** Granite Rock Co
- **Mine:** [0400119](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400119)
## Narrative

WAS STANDING ON A CONCRETE & WOODEN PLATFORM APPROX 4' H LEANED ON A 6FT A FRAME LADDER AGAINST A PIECE OF SWITCHGEAR. WAS ATTEMPTING TO CAULK THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SWITCHGEAR UPON PLACING LEFT FOOT ON THE LADDER TO LAND ON SOFT DIRT, LANDED ON THE GROUND WITH BOTH FEET BUT THE TURNING ACTION CAUSED HIS LEFT FEET TO MOVE OUT OF JOINT

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