# Cuts, lacerations at Saddle Creek Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021075448` · 7/3/2021 · LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Saddle Creek Corporation
- **Location:** 747 Douglas Hill Road, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer with pallets of product at a warehouse dock. After stowing the dock plate, the employee entered the trailer to put some airbags in the trailer to help support the pallet loads. While exiting the trailer, the employee's leg fell into the gap between the trailer floor and the dock floor resulting in a lower leg laceration.

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