# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220261820032` · 06/26/2026 · Melvin Stone Co. LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 62
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James P  Jurgensen II; Jacqueline J  Alf; Jason R  Jurgensen
- **Operator:** Melvin Stone Co. LLC
- **Mine:** [3304711](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3304711)
## Narrative

Conveyor went down due to being overloaded and they commenced to clearing the belt off to get back running when employee was repositioning feet they caused them to fall down on the rock surface below conveyor landing on their back onto the loose rocks. CT scans and x-rays determined they had compound fractures in their T1, T11 and T12 discs in the back along with a bruised lung.

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