# Cuts, lacerations at U.S. Department of Agriculture
> OSHA SIR `2023021426` · 2/14/2023 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Agriculture
- **Location:** 518 East Harrison Street, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a rail car inspecting the grain. As the employee climbed down the rail car ladder, they slipped and fell to the ground below, resulting in a left leg laceration.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*