# Bruises, contusions at NEW ENGLAND MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016021069` · 2/4/2016 · MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NEW ENGLAND MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.
- **Location:** 475 RESEARCH PARKWAY, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, 06450
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up steel and dropped a 70lb. piece onto his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a contusion on the left foot requiring surgery.

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