# Cuts, lacerations at Millard Drywall & Acoustical Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054709` · 5/26/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Straight ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Millard Drywall & Acoustical Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** NEISD Reed Elementary School, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78253
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a ladder (half an extension ladder placed against a wall), sealing around a wall penetration. The ladder slipped and the employee fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground, suffering a laceration to the inside upper arm.

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