# Cuts, lacerations at Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211551` · 12/5/2017 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Henkels & McCoy, Inc.
- **Location:** 602 Trenton Avenue, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07202
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a fence post driver to install temporary fence posts. After he installed a post, he noticed that it was crooked. He was attempting to straighten it when he lost his footing. The post then swung back and hit him in the face, severely lacerating his nose and requiring overnight hospitalization.

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