# Bruises, contusions at General Grind & Machine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129470` · 12/14/2015 · ALEDO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** General Grind & Machine, Inc.
- **Location:** 2103 SE 5th St, ALEDO, ILLINOIS, 61231
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving product using a two-wheeled hand truck when the hand truck and the boxes of material fell back and struck the employee. The cart handle fell on the employee's right thigh, causing a contusion.

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