# Open wounds, unspecified at Valmont Industries Empire Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2018054892` · 5/18/2018 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Industries Empire Galvanizing
- **Location:** 10909 Franklin Avenue, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving material with a hoist. As he was setting the material down, the I-beam that held the material fell over onto his left leg, crushing and causing an open wound to his left shin.

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