# Cuts, lacerations at Arkansas Shades, Blinds & Shutters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109075` · 10/17/2022 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkansas Shades, Blinds & Shutters, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 WEST GROVE ST, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:45 p.m. on October 17, 2022, an employee was installing shutters from the second-highest rung of an A-frame ladder. The ladder collapsed, and the employee fell about 5 feet. A window sill struck the base of the employee's skull during the fall, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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