# Cuts, lacerations at Contractors Access Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2016010289` · 1/12/2016 · LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Contractors Access Equipment
- **Location:** Covenant College, Carter Hall, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA, 30750
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing staircase treads on an industrial-type staircase when he lost his balance and fell from a 10-foot scaffold, severely gashing his right elbow and requiring hospitalization. He was wearing fall protection at the time.

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