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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220021830107 · 06/21/2002 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall onto or against objects
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Getting on or off equipment
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost
34
Mine experience
2.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
NACCO Industries Inc
Operator
Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
Mine
2200690

Narrative

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A CATERPILLER D-11 DOZER ON UNEVEN GROUND IN NIGHT TIME CONDITIONS. WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT STEPPED TO THE GROUND, HIS FOOT WAS ON TOP OF A CLOD OF DIRT. WHEN HE SHIFTED HIS WEI GHT TO THE RIGHT FOOT TO CONTINUE THE DISMOUNT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CLOD, WHICH CAUSED HIS KNEE TO ""POP"".

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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