# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220130180041` · 01/10/2013 · TOR Minerals International
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** TOE(S)/PHALANGES
- **Days lost:** 368
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bernard A  Paulson
- **Operator:** TOR Minerals International
- **Mine:** [4103461](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103461)
## Narrative

The miner was working on installation of a new dust collector. He had to reposition his safety harness by standing on a ""X"" brace of the dust collector to adjust himself. He slipped on the angle iron of the ""X"" brace about 8 ft and his right foot hit the end of the brace. X ray revealed that he had fractured bone on his fifth (smallest) toe of his right foot.

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