# Multiple types of open wounds at Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098728` · 9/14/2020 · FORT RILEY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-American Water & Plumbing, Inc.
- **Location:** Parking Lot east of Bldg. 7424, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 66442
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was part of a crew unloading a semi-trailer of a 6-foot stack of insulated pipe. After cutting one of the four steel bands, the employee stepped onto a nearby 4x4x4 crate in front of the trailer. The employee lost balance, fell and landed in between the tractor and the trailer. The employee injured their collar bone and scapula and sustained a cut on the head and a puncture wound on the back.

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