# Multiple surface and flesh wounds at Accurate Acoustical
> OSHA SIR `2024098722` · 9/18/2024 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead, temple(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface and flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** Accurate Acoustical
- **Location:** 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14623
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging drywall using a scissor lift with the drywall board being hoisted up to the lift rail guards while on the ledger. The drywall board began tilting and pivoted toward the employee, striking him in the forehead and the bridge of his nose, knocking him to the floor. The employee suffered a scrape/cut on the forehead and pain in his shoulders and lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

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