# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019077217` · 7/16/2019 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
- **Location:** 2797 Peterson Place, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
- **NAICS:** 423490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been performing regular packing duties. When he finished processing a cart of boxes, he went to the cooler to stack the boxes onto a storage cart inside the cooler. While transporting the boxes, he tripped over the corner of a pallet and struck his head on a stationary cart inside the cooler. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised head and a cut to the nose.

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