# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220053180007` · 11/08/2005 · Colowyo Coal Company L P
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Fall to lower level, NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 45
- **Mine experience:** 25.79 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** RTZ-CRA Group
- **Operator:** Colowyo Coal Company L P
- **Mine:** [0502962](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0502962)
## Narrative

A scaffold collapsed while being dismantled. A welder on the lowest level fell about four feet to the ground, sustaining a lower leg fracture and damage to the ligaments in the right ankle.

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