# Cuts, lacerations at K-Air Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032586` · 3/21/2017 · HONDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** K-Air Corporation
- **Location:** 917 Carter, HONDO, TEXAS, 78861
- **NAICS:** 532411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straightening out wire when he fell backwards and contacted the metal edge around the bottom of a tank, lacerating his right arm.

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