# Bruises, contusions at Palomares Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010721` · 10/14/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Palomares Construction LLC
- **Location:** 1900 Half Street SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20024
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a drywall cart when a wheel broke off the cart and the drywall fell on the employee's leg, causing muscle damage and bruising.

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