# Cuts, lacerations at Southeastern Mass Home Health Aides
> OSHA SIR `2015118873` · 11/23/2015 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Southeastern Mass Home Health Aides
- **Location:** 158 Fulton Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02720
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped and fell down some stairs, striking her head on the handrail. She cut her forehead and required stitches.

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