# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220052980030` · 10/12/2005 · Best Sand Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall to lower level, NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** FLOOR,WALKING SURF-NOT UG
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** SKULL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Fairmount Santrol
- **Operator:** Best Sand Corporation
- **Mine:** [3300015](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3300015)
## Narrative

The worker fell from the bag plant roof where he had been cleaning to the truck dock approximately 17 feet below. The specific explanations for being near the edge or for falling are unknown. Weather conditions and working surface believed to be non-contributory. There were no direct eyewitnesses to the fall. The fall resulted in the death of the worker. Investigation ongoing.

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