# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220162630032` · 07/18/2016 · Thiele Kaolin Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 26
- **Mine experience:** 28.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** J Eric  Tillirson
- **Operator:** Thiele Kaolin Company
- **Mine:** [0900337](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900337)
## Narrative

EMP STEPPING OVER SILT FENCE TO TAKE A WATER SAMPLE WHEN THEIR WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING THEIR FOOT TO SLIP IN MUD AND TWIST THEIR RIGHT KNEE RESULTING IN PAIN.  EMP DID NOT THINK THEY NEEDED TO GO TO DOCTOR AT THAT TIME.  PAIN BECAME WORSE OVER TIME AND NOW IS NEEDING SURGERY.

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