# Abrasions, scratches at Big Lots
> OSHA SIR `2015052187` · 5/29/2015 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Abrasions, scratches
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots
- **Location:** 1892 Central Avenue, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained an abrasion to his head and right hand when he tripped over a pallet while attempting to move a sofa in the warehouse on 5/29/15. He was hospitalized for an infection related to the hand laceration.

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