# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220222620028` · 09/08/2022 · Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 1.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC
- **Operator:** Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800992](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800992)
## Narrative

The employee used the platform ladder on the right shoe. They were unaware that it pivoted down. In the process of the ladder coming down, the employee was facing the ladder and the stop caused them to drop their knees into one of the steps on the ladder. The employee worked the rest of the shift, but was unable to return to work on 9-16-22, resulting in a Lost Time Incident. 

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