# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220052420019` · 08/21/2005 · Black Hills Bentonite
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 18
- **Mine experience:** 0.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Thomas A  Thorson
- **Operator:** Black Hills Bentonite
- **Mine:** [4800954](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800954)
## Narrative

Employee was climbing onto a dozer tractor when the hand-hold he was using broke, causing him to fall back down to the ground on his already troubled left hip.  An MRI revealed a fractured pelvic region.  He will miss the remainder of the drying season, about mid September.

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