# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Chick-fil-A
> OSHA SIR `2018076762` · 7/6/2018 · EULESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chick-fil-A
- **Location:** 3003 TX-121, EULESS, TEXAS, 76039
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a 6-foot step ladder to pull a box of sanitizers from a shelf that was approximately 8 feet above the floor. He worked from the 3rd step of the step ladder to place a box on the shelf. He fell from the ladder, hitting his head on equipment and the floor. He suffered contusions, cuts, and lacerations to his forehead and other areas of his head, requiring hospitalization.

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