# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Mid-Illinois Companies, Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2025077092` · 7/21/2025 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-Illinois Companies, Corp.
- **Location:** Brown County High School, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A painter was painting while standing on the first step of a scaffold. He lost balance and fell 1 to 1.5 feet while striking the scaffold. The employee sustained a laceration and puncture to the abdomen and was hospitalized.

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