# Bruises, contusions at Scrap Metal Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010290` · 10/26/2017 · MALCOLM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Scrap Metal Services, LLC
- **Location:** 560 Hook's Lake Rd., MALCOLM, ALABAMA, 36556
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a steel coil using a 5-foot long torch. When he got to the last section of the cut, the coil broke open and struck his left side (elbow and torso). He suffered bruising and a potential internal injury.

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