# Open wounds, unspecified at TimkenSteel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018087854` · 8/1/2018 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** TimkenSteel Corporation
- **Location:** 4511 Faircrest St., SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder working on a shaft drive for a cooling bed when he missed a step while coming down, falling backward and hitting his head on equipment or the ground. The injury required stitches.

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