# Bruises, contusions at ABM Building Services
> OSHA SIR `2015096716` · 9/14/2015 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM Building Services
- **Location:** 150 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10006
- **NAICS:** 334512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a freight elevator when an upright vacuum cleaner operated by another employee struck him in the right shin. The resulting contusion became infected.

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