# Cuts, lacerations at Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076494` · 7/13/2017 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Interlake Mecalux, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 N. 25th Ave., MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60161
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for material that was stored on racks when he lost his footing and fell backwards, lacerating his left elbow on a piece of metal that was stored on the racks. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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