# Cuts, lacerations at Titan Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2016099157` · 9/28/2016 · BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-suspended staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Industrial Services
- **Location:** I70 Bridge, BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15012
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the swing stage lift to raise it to the top of the suspension cable. As soon as the motor hit the swage, the swage split into two pieces. One end of the swing stage then dropped approximately 5 feet and the air motor struck and cut the employee's lower left leg.

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