# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220211270005` · 04/27/2021 · MP Mine Operations, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** STORAGE TANKS AND BINS
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** MP Materials Corporation
- **Operator:** MP Mine Operations, LLC.
- **Mine:** [0402542](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0402542)
## Narrative

Employee was walking on elevated floor grading and did not see a portion was removed for maintenance. Employee fell approximately 2 feet to lower level before they caught themselves.  When falling, their right foot struck a storage vessel.

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