# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Excelon
> OSHA SIR `2020098791` · 9/16/2020 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Excelon
- **Location:** 2001 C St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cable pully machine (a winch) when the nylon rope that was attached to a cable he was pulling through an underground electrical installation broke and struck him in the head and face. The employee sustained a head laceration and bruises to their face.

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