# Cuts, lacerations at Bolta US, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110722` · 11/15/2016 · NORTHPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bolta US, Inc.
- **Location:** 1650 Boone Blvd, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA, 35476
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a filter stack from a plating line area when he tripped over the plumbing of the filter/plating line. He landed on a protruding bolt, which lacerated his left forearm.

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