# Cuts, lacerations at GKW Group
> OSHA SIR `20191112211` · 11/25/2019 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GKW Group
- **Location:** 1500 Morse Ave, EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving scaffold planks during a dismantling process. The employee stepped on an unsupported plank and fell about 20 feet to the floor below, suffering a torso laceration.

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