# Cuts, lacerations at Roehrenbeck Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076231` · 7/13/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Roehrenbeck Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 2255 Parsons Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a part of a 3-person digging crew to install exterior electric. The injured employee was walking adjacent to a 2' x 2' excavation when they lost their footing on uneven ground. They fell onto a protruding metal conduit stake and then fell into the excavation. The employee sustained lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

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