# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at VISTACON Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108988` · 10/12/2022 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** VISTACON Inc.
- **Location:** 831 Pendale, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading items from a truck bed in a stockyard. He stopped and leaned over to tie his boot laces, and his head struck the lower guard rail on a portable set of stairs for an office trailer. He suffered a contusion, lacerations to the face, and a laceration to the right eye and lower eyelid resulting in possible retinal damage. The injuries required surgery.

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