# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220051800029` · 06/27/2005 · Solite, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling explosives
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 246
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** William L  McNeely Jr.
- **Operator:** Solite, LLC
- **Mine:** [4400122](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400122)
## Narrative

A contractor was working on some demolition work at the mine site.  He was standing on a catwalk with handrails cutting loose the bottom of the catwalk from a hopper.  He cut both of the supports to the catwalk and fell approximately 23 feet.  He showed signs of a leg injury and the hospital confirmed a broken femur and pelvis.

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