# Cuts, lacerations at LBD Painting
> OSHA SIR `20191112335` · 11/30/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LBD Painting
- **Location:** 200 E. Constitution Ave., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79908
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 29, 2019 at 1:15 p.m., an employee was working in the stairway between the 3rd and 2nd floors to de-gloss a handrail. While he was repositioning himself, he lost his balance and fell down the stairs, suffering a 1-inch laceration to the top of his head.

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