# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220131090030` · 03/08/2013 · Hobet Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall to the walkway or working surface
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 193
- **Mine experience:** 26 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Hobet Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4605398](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605398)
## Narrative

Employee was sitting down under a belt and grabbed hold of the structure to stand up and his left knee popped and he fell to the ground. An MRI revealed on 4/15/2013 that the employee had a tear of the medial cartilage or meniscus in his left knee and is off work and is now a lost time injury.

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