# Cuts, lacerations at Conn Acoustics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096861` · 9/18/2015 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Conn Acoustics Inc.
- **Location:** 53 Vernon Street, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06106
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing metal framing in a scissor lift approximately 25 feet above the ground. A piece of metal that was being installed started to fall out of the lift and the employee went to grab it and severely cut his forearm.

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