# Cuts, lacerations at SSAB Alabama, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099365` · 9/9/2019 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** SSAB Alabama, Inc.
- **Location:** 12400 Highway 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wrench to loosen a nut to adjust the vibrating conveyor system of the alloy system hopper. The wrench came off the bolt and the employee fell 6-feet 10-inches. The employee struck their head and sustained lacerations requiring fifteen staples and hospitalization.

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