# Cuts, lacerations at Hampton Inn
> OSHA SIR `20191212854` · 12/14/2019 · KEY WEST, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Hampton Inn
- **Location:** 3755 S Roosevelt Blvd, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 33040
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on site installing new furniture. He went out to the second-story balcony to throw out a box. The permanent metal railing failed and the employee fell from the balcony. He required stitches on his head.

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