# Cuts, lacerations at Thompson Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010118` · 10/1/2018 · HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** Homer City Power Station, HOMER CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15748
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the second-to-bottom rung of a step ladder, adjusting ladders on top of a van, when he fell backwards and his head struck the ground. He suffered a head laceration.

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