# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220051150002` · 04/21/2005 · Appalachian Fuels LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 110
- **Mine experience:** 0.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** John C  Smith Jr
- **Operator:** Appalachian Fuels LLC
- **Mine:** [4606877](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606877)
## Narrative

EE was climbing onto the truck to start his shift.  He had a lunch bucket and another item in his hands.  He slipped and fell approximately ten feet to the ground.  His left leg was broken just below the left knee.  Required surgery to insert pins and plates to stabilize the bones.

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