# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Nalco Company
> OSHA SIR `2017088168` · 8/24/2017 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Nalco Company
- **Location:** 100 Graphic Packaging International Way, MACON, GEORGIA, 31206
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to enter an elevator when the elevator door came down and hit the employee's head. The employee's hard hat was knocked off and the employee fell backwards into an open, metal-grated stairwell. The employee suffered head lacerations, hip bruises, and leg bruises, requiring hospitalization.

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