# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220151100001` · 02/15/2015 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Welder (non-shop)
- **Activity:** Fork lift
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 24
- **Mine experience:** 1.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4800977](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800977)
## Narrative

Employee was lifting a sheet of metal with the forklift to place on sawhorses. Sawhorses were not level and when employee tried to level the sheet of metal on them the metal fell and struck the employee on the back of the ankle. This resulted in a fractured left ankle.

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