# Cuts, lacerations at American Auto Works
> OSHA SIR `2017032518` · 3/18/2017 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Auto Works
- **Location:** 27141 S. Industrial, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging bridge plates and lost his balance in the rail car and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of his head.

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