# Bruises, contusions at Love's Travel Stop
> OSHA SIR `2024043268` · 4/15/2024 · JEFFERSONVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Phones, communication devices  wired and wireless
## Employer
- **Name:** Love's Travel Stop
- **Location:** 13023 U.S. 35, JEFFERSONVILLE, OHIO, 43128
- **NAICS:** 447190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading something into their truck while at a truck stop when they slipped on the truck steps and fell. The employee's head struck a metal phone box and their back struck a concrete block. The employee suffered a head contusion and was hospitalized.

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