# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220023430073` · 11/26/2002 · Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 15
- **Mine experience:** 6.76 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** BPU Reynolds Inc
- **Operator:** Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4100906](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100906)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF A RAILCAR WHEN HIS SAFETY HARNESS LANYARD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HIS BODY AND A GATE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TRIED TO STEP ONTO AN ACCESS PLATFORM. HIS RIGHT FOOT S LIPPED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE EDGE OF THE RAILCAR. HE FELL AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT TIBIA AND RIGHT FIBULA. EMPLOYEE IS LOSING TIME.

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