# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Energy Air, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010472` · 1/15/2025 · OCALA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other hammers, mallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Energy Air, Inc.
- **Location:** 7900 SW 49th Avenue Road, OCALA, FLORIDA, 34476
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering in a bar joist while standing on a 10-foot ladder. The hammer slipped out of their hand, causing them to fall off the ladder. While the employee was falling, they grabbed onto metal straps at the top of the ladder. The straps cut their hand, resulting in a laceration to the middle and ring fingers.

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