# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Arepet Express
> OSHA SIR `2019055196` · 5/22/2019 · MASON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arepet Express
- **Location:** 224 Evans Rd., MASON, TEXAS, 76856
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the tarp on top of the trailer while standing on the trailer's fixed ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered a head laceration and a bruised back.

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