# Cuts, lacerations at Preston County Workshop, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010872` · 10/22/2018 · KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Preston County Workshop, Inc
- **Location:** 108 Tunnelton St, KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26537
- **NAICS:** 624310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning gutters on a residential home. He was working from a ladder and climbed onto the roof to reach a section that was beyond the reach of the ladder when he slipped and fell 20 feet from the roof to the concrete below. He suffered a head laceration, requiring hospitalization and staples.

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