# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021681` · 2/23/2024 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead, temple(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 27th St & E Pershing Rd, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 8:43 a.m. on February 23, 2024, an employee was in an elevated positioning basket, painting a strut inside a paint booth, when the basket's mounting bracket broke away from the wall. The employee and the basket fell to the ground about 7 feet below. During the fall, the employee struck their head on an object within the paint booth and suffered a head laceration above the eyebrows. The employee was hospitalized.

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