# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220171020017` · 04/08/2017 · Westmoreland Kemmerer, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Grader operator, Roadgrader operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 26
- **Mine experience:** 8.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Westmoreland Kemmerer, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800086](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800086)
## Narrative

Employee was evaluating a stuck vehicle and was walking to the rear of the vehicle and tripped on a windrow of rocks. While stumbling forward, the employee planted their right foot and felt a pop in their right knee.

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