# Cuts, lacerations at Oelke Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129862` · 12/23/2015 · BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Oelke Construction Company
- **Location:** 905 SE Village Loop #1, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed onto a trash trailer and was moving materials around when he fell sideways, catching himself with his hand and cutting his thumb on metal. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the cut tendon.

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