# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Performance Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112104` · 11/21/2019 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1611 W Sallier St., LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing rigging operations when a headache ball (overhaul hook ball) became caught on an I-beam. When the employee freed the headache ball, it made contact with the employee's left foot. The steel toe on the employee's boot pressed down on the big toe, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

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