# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220170200010` · 01/10/2017 · Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 231
- **Mine experience:** 0.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** American Electric Power Company Inc
- **Operator:** Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1601031](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1601031)
## Narrative

End of the shift, EE was climbing down a the equipment ladder of a Cat 777 end dump truck. EE didnt use lunch box rope. When EE climbed down to the bumper, EE moved EE's lunch box from the radiator down to the bumper with EE's left hand. When EE started to climb down, EE lost grip with EE's right hand before EE could gain grip with EE's left hand. EE fell approximately five feet. 

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