# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220171440040` · 12/13/2016 · Hibbing Taconite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall to the walkway or working surface
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 136
- **Mine experience:** 26.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

Employee stepped down from a storage dock in the lay down yard.  As ee stepped down, the employee slipped and fell against a steel channel resulting in pain in right shoulder.  Employee underwent right shoulder surgery on May 16, 2017.

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