# Cuts, lacerations at VALLEY SOUTH TEXAS INTERIORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015096498` · 9/7/2015 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** VALLEY SOUTH TEXAS INTERIORS, INC.
- **Location:** Texas Regional Bank, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 7, 2015, at about 04:00 PM, an employee fell from a 4- to 5-foot scaffold while cutting an aluminum structure beam with a chain saw. The saw kicked back, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor. He sustained a head laceration and was hospitalized.

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