# Cuts, lacerations at Thyssenkrupp Elevator
> OSHA SIR `2016088143` · 8/30/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Thyssenkrupp Elevator
- **Location:** 7th and Lavaca Street, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tied off on a beam while working inside a hoist way. The employee lost their balance and fell into an exposed drywall stud causing a laceration on the elbow/forearm requiring surgery.

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