# Cuts, lacerations at Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2021032558` · 3/26/2021 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
- **Location:** 2701 Spruce Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been placing a die in a press. The employee lost balance on a platform and fell 17.5 inches to the concrete surface below. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration on the back of the head.

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