# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220011450044` · 05/21/2001 · Valstad Quarry, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 0.13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Harold M  Valstad
- **Operator:** Valstad Quarry, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1100221](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1100221)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING NTO THE LOADER IN THE PIT AREA, STEPPED WITH LEFT FOOT ONTO BOTTOM STEP OF LOADER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON THE GROUND. FALL CAUSED PAIN AND S WELLING TO LEFT KNEE.

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