# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220150120021` · 01/05/2015 · Acme Brick
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 60
- **Mine experience:** 0.35 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- **Operator:** Acme Brick
- **Mine:** [3400108](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3400108)
## Narrative

Associate was fueling dozer, fuel nozzle started to slip from the machine and associate reached for hose and hopped down to the ground (32"").  He landed on a small hump of dirt causing a dislocation of the left ankle and a compound fracture of the lower leg bones.  Surgery was performed on 1/6/15 and a no weight restriction was placed on associate for eight weeks.

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