# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220042800034` · 09/27/2004 · Performance Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Beltman, Conveyor man,  Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 43
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Performance Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608436](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608436)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF #11 JEEP. HE PUT HIS LEFT LEG OUT FIRST WHEN IT BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. THE AREA WAS WET AND MUDDY. AS HE TRIED TO GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE MUD BY TWISTING AND PULLING UP, HE HEARD SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

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