# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220180720001` · 03/01/2018 · R W Sidley Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **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:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 17.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert C  Sidley
- **Operator:** R W Sidley Inc
- **Mine:** [3301944](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3301944)
## Narrative

At the end of the day, the employee stepped out of the loader carrying lunch box. When EE stepped out, EE slipped on the icy platform on the loader. EE was able to grab the handle but struck left side on the machine, fracturing two ribs. Cold temperatures, rain and ice was forming throughout the day.

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