# Cuts, lacerations at Western Water Proofing Company of America
> OSHA SIR `2020109534` · 10/7/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Water Proofing Company of America
- **Location:** 509 Main Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75202
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while descending a ladder inside of a scaffold and sustained a head laceration.

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