# Cuts, lacerations at Delphinus Engineering Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077225` · 7/17/2018 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delphinus Engineering Inc
- **Location:** Naval Base San Diego, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92135
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 17, 2018, an employee was working in an elevator platform when one of the hoist sheaves suddenly rotated and hit him in the head. It then returned to its original position, knocking off his hardhat and lacerating his scalp.

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