# Cuts, lacerations at Niagara Mohawk a National Grid Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043579` · 4/30/2021 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Niagara Mohawk a National Grid Company
- **Location:** 144 Kensington Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14214
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading material from the back of a truck when they stepped backward and fell from the truck, striking their head on the ground and resulting in a head laceration and soreness to their shoulder and elbow.

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