# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220003210053` · 09/07/2000 · Elk Run Coal Co.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall to lower level, NEC
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 29
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Co.
- **Mine:** [4607938](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4607938)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS PREPARING TO MOUNT EXCAVATOR, AS HE PLACED HIS WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, HE SLIPPED.THIS CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO TWIST. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON SEPT 16, 2000. HE WAS DIAGNO SED WITH A KNEE SPRAIN. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL NOV 7, 2000, BEFORE BECOMING A LOST TIME ACCIDENT. AN MRI WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINED THENATURE OF THE INJURY.

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