# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220122620009` · 09/07/2012 · Nish Rock
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ryan R  Nish; Hyrum R  Nish; Richard K  Whitaker
- **Operator:** Nish Rock
- **Mine:** [4202425](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202425)
## Narrative

Mine employee with 20 plus years of experience climbed onto the tire of a John Deere 640 loader to apply grease to a fitting on the arm that lifts the loader bucket.  Upon descent, his foot became stuck in the tire tread causing him to fall 4.5 feet to the ground level resulting in a fractured hip.  The employee was hospitalized for three days.

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