# Cuts, lacerations at Skanska USA Civil Northeast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212848` · 12/14/2018 · ASTORIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska USA Civil Northeast, Inc.
- **Location:** Broadway and 31st Street, ASTORIA, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually unloading a truck when a U-shaped steel column fell on the employee causing a deep laceration to the left thigh.

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