# Cuts, lacerations at Encore Wire
> OSHA SIR `20181011047` · 10/26/2018 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire
- **Location:** 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a load of copper cathode to a furnace when a piece of the cathode slid off a pallet and struck his lower left leg, lacerating it and requiring surgery.

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