# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220112420003` · 08/24/2011 · Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 46
- **Mine experience:** 1.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Westmoreland Savage Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [2400106](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2400106)
## Narrative

Employee was helping another employee hoist a swing gear lid from the back of a pickup. The hoist chain safety latch broke and the lid fell, knocking the employee over and landing on his feet.  The accident resulted in multiple fractures to the employees left foot and a sprain to his right foot.

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