# Cuts, lacerations at M.C. Dean, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065870` · 6/26/2017 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** M.C. Dean, Inc.
- **Location:** 1501 Grumman Lane, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32901
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing ladder racks along a hallway when he tripped into a 12-inch deep open floor tile on a raised floor. He fell forward and his forearm struck an uninstalled metal track, lacerating it.

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