# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220113530034` · 12/15/2011 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ARM,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4407272](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4407272)
## Narrative

Employee was in the process of taking off hydraulic cap on excavator when he lost his balance. He fell off of the track of the excavator. The excavator track is 42"" from the ground. When he fell he landed on his left arm resulting in a fracture.

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