# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220050040010` · 12/16/2004 · Cotter Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 1.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** General Atomics Uranium Resources
- **Operator:** Cotter Corp
- **Mine:** [0503066](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0503066)
## Narrative

The employee was hanging vent line while standing in the slightly elevated bucket of a loader.  He jumped from the bucket (1 1/2 - 2 feet) and felt a pain in his back when he landed.  He then drilled with a jackleg drill for about 2 hours and the following morning he experienced severe back pain.

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