# Open wounds, unspecified at ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019043727` · 4/10/2019 · ARCADIA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ASHLEY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** ONE ASHLEY WAY, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN, 54612
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing a cross-beam on a racking system from 6-foot-tall step ladders. One of the employees fell and their head struck the concrete floor, sustaining an open head injury. The employee was hospitalized.

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