# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Macedos Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171112307` · 11/28/2017 · TEANECK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Macedos Construction LLC
- **Location:** 284 Oakdene Ave, TEANECK, NEW JERSEY, 07666
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift had just removed angled rebar from a flatbed when it struck a pothole, causing the angled iron to fall and strike an employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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