# Cuts, lacerations at Menard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021237` · 2/6/2018 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Menard, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Ninth Avenue South East, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While descending a ladder platform in the plumbing department, an employee missed the last step and stumbled. The employee's head hit the floor, requiring staples and hospitalization.

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