# Bruises, contusions at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043609` · 4/26/2022 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 27th and Pershing, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, 2022, an employee was on a three-step ladder aligning a hose on an off-highway truck. Upon completing the task, the employee attempted to step down from the second step of the ladder when he fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a head contusion and hospitalization.

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