# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220110740037` · 08/17/2010 · Steelstone Industries I
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 217
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alton B  McQuade; Graden G  Tidd
- **Operator:** Steelstone Industries I
- **Mine:** [1700256](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1700256)
## Narrative

Employee was welding on the wash rack. After he unhooked his safety harness to reposition himself, he slipped on some gravel and fell 16 feet to the ground below. There were no witnesses to the incident, he called on his cell phone to report the fall to a co-worker.  He bumped his left temple and had a tail bone contusion.

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