# Multiple surface wounds and bruises at Polar Beverage
> OSHA SIR `2016054469` · 5/21/2016 · FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface wounds and bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polar Beverage
- **Location:** 255 Jacksonville Hwy, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, 31750
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee raised the hoist arm on a conveyor to pull a pallet that had stopped. The hoist arm then fell down and struck the employee, causing contusions and abrasions.

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