# Cuts, lacerations at Southern Diversified Technologies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088198` · 8/24/2016 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Diversified Technologies Inc.
- **Location:** County Road 231, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While returning to the construction site from lunch, an employee slipped/tripped and fell onto the excavator blade lacerating the employee's right shin. The employee was hospitalized.

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