# Cuts, lacerations at Bob's Store Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2018088567` · 8/20/2018 · MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Bob's Store Warehouse
- **Location:** 160 Corporate Ct, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, 06450
- **NAICS:** 448140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a trailer at a loading dock helping to load some bags of merchandise when his foot went into the gap between the dock plate and the bay door, lacerating his left shin on the side of the bumper metal bracket that required stitches.

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