# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220230680030` · 02/28/2023 · SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 117
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Orchard Global Asset Management LLP
- **Operator:** SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC
- **Mine:** [4105317](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4105317)
## Narrative

Injured employee opened the hatch for a sand box. Once back on platform, the cage caught the box lid. While freeing the cage, the truck moved pulling the gangway down the horizontal track leaving an opening in the handrail. The injured employee fell 12½ feet to the asphalt below suffering a head laceration that required 15 sutures, fractured sternum, ribs, and back.

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