# Cuts, lacerations at American Outdoor Brands
> OSHA SIR `20201110628` · 11/10/2020 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Outdoor Brands
- **Location:** 1800 N Route Z, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a sheet of plastic on top of a pallet for shipping and fell from a rolling step stool, striking his head. The employee sustained a head laceration.

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