# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220073090025` · 10/26/2007 · Ash Grove Cement Co
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 1.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Co
- **Mine:** [1000006](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1000006)
## Narrative

Employee was ascending Terex ladder access to cab.  Boots were muddy, area had been recently watered down for dust control.  At the transition point from the ladder to the cab platform, employee's left foot slipped off the ladder rung and he fell off the ladder to the ground (approximately 9 feet).

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