# SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
> MSHA accident `220153510015` · 12/10/2015 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EAR(S) EXTERNAL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [2500002](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2500002)
## Narrative

Injured employee (IE) was trouble-shooting controls for an overhead hoist from a coal mill walkway. IE left the area and fell/stumbled forward while transitioning from one walkway to another. IE's right ear struck the mid-rail of an adjacent guardrail resulting in a 1cm laceration requiring two sutures. This is the first time the IE worked in the area.      

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