# Cuts, lacerations at Reading Alloys, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110957` · 11/30/2023 · ROBESONIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reading Alloys, LLC
- **Location:** 220 Old West Penn Avenue, ROBESONIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19551
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing metal rolling steps to check the feed bin. While descending the steps, the employee slipped/tripped and fell approximately 4 feet, hitting the back of his head and upper back on the metal steps. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of the head and lip, as well as back pain.

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