# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220083390034` · 10/21/2008 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Cross over (conveyor)
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 39
- **Mine experience:** 0.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4608402](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608402)
## Narrative

EE crossed the belt to remove a flag pin. He stepped off belt onto belt rail. His foot slipped off the rail & his leg went between the belt rubber & rail twisting his right knee. He finished his shift with a swollen knee & worked lt duty till 11/13/08, when he notified safety dept he had a torn meniscus & would have surgery 11/24/08. Off a minimum of 2 wks after surgery.

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