# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220003210035` · 08/31/2000 · Columbia Quarry Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Safety representative
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 34.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Clyde D  Trexler
- **Operator:** Columbia Quarry Company
- **Mine:** [1100038](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1100038)
## Narrative

THE INJURY WAS INITIALLY NON-REPORTABLE; HOWEVERSUBSEQUENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION HAS REVEALED THE NEED FOR SURGERY AND LOST WORK DAYS. A TEAMSTER WAS DELIVERING DRINKING WATER TO VARIOUS WORK AR EAS AT THE MINE. WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL. KEG TO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, HE STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF A CONCRETE PAD. THIS MIS-STEP CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 12/14/00.

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