# Bruises, contusions at Carpenter Technology
> OSHA SIR `20181212813` · 12/13/2018 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology
- **Location:** 101 West Burn Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was loading a large piece of scrap into the scrap drum, the scrap fell from the hoist and tipped the scrap drum over. This pinched the employee's leg between the drum and an adjacent remelt bloom. The employee sustained a right calf contusion.

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