# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Denis L Maher Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098499` · 9/4/2017 · PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Denis L Maher Co., LLC
- **Location:** 95 Reach Road, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE, 04769
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a well pump down a well shaft when a 1/2-inch cable snapped and whipped back up, striking the employee. He suffered lacerations to both hands and bruising on the chest, requiring hospitalization.

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