# Bruises, contusions at Suderman Contracting Stevedor
> OSHA SIR `20171212101` · 12/20/2017 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Suderman Contracting Stevedor
- **Location:** 3400 Warf Rd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator to demolish the fiberglass blade of a large windmill when a piece of the blade broke off and struck the excavator cab, pinching and bruising his leg between the seat and controls.

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