# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Elliott Machine Shop, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110872` · 11/21/2024 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Elliott Machine Shop, Inc.
- **Location:** 5495 Level Acres Drive, MACON, GEORGIA, 31217
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a vertical mill. He was stepping down off the machine onto a wide step stool with grip tape when he slipped and fell backward, hitting his head on the floor. He sustained a laceration to his head.

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