# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220090360031` · 01/26/2009 · Mountain Valley Stone, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 10
- **Mine experience:** 1.94 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert J Hicken; Paul R Ballif
- **Operator:** Mountain Valley Stone, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4202121](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202121)
## Narrative

Injury slipped on the snow and fell. As he was falling, he grabbed for a pallet to catch his balance. A stone fell from the pallet and smashed his finger. He was taken to the clinic the next morning. An X ray was positive for a small fracture in his distal phalax of the first digit of the left hand.

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