# Cuts, lacerations at US Electrical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054450` · 5/1/2019 · STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Electrical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Campanelli Parkway, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking product from a rack 64" off the ground. The employee stepped back from the pallet on the rack and slipped off striking his leg on the order picker or the pallet and lacerating his right leg just below the knee. Fall protection was worn at the time.

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