# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220113050002` · 10/22/2011 · Borealis Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 0.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Gryphon Gold Corporation
- **Operator:** Borealis Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2601655](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2601655)
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a dirt clump from a stacker conveyor, the employee was positioned at the tail end of the conveyor, standing above the dead pan. The employee lost his footing, fell onto the moving conveyor and was deposited of the end of the conveyor. The employee dropped approximately 4', resulting into a compression fracture to the L1 &L4 vertebrae.

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