# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220252510027` · 08/29/2025 · Coal-Mac LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 41
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Operator:** Coal-Mac LLC.
- **Mine:** [4609075](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609075)
## Narrative

After climbing up on to the track of a Dozer, the employee was attempting to latch the drop-down handrail when the handle broke and they lost balance and fell. The employee was taken to clinic, employee has fractured Spinous Process, given medication and rest for a week.

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