# Cuts, lacerations at Dean's Dozer Service
> OSHA SIR `2016099114` · 9/27/2016 · ELBERTA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean's Dozer Service
- **Location:** Residential Construction Site, ELBERTA, ALABAMA, 36530
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing dozer operations in a skid loader/grader, the employee was placing top soil dirt into a beach bulkhead. The skid loader/grader backed off the bulkhead and fell 3 feet to the ground. Broken glass from the rear window lacerated the back of his head and the safety (lap) bar caused bruising to his chest.

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