# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220170680012` · 03/02/2017 · Black Butte Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** 38
- **Mine experience:** 6.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lighthouse Resources Inc; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
- **Operator:** Black Butte Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4801180](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4801180)
## Narrative

While descending, Employee fell from the lower rung of the access ladder on a 16H motor grader and landed on the moboard resulting in fractured ribs and a minor laceration to employee's liver and spleen.

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