# Cuts, lacerations at Richard Goettle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076349` · 7/30/2021 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Richard Goettle, Inc.
- **Location:** 3300 Prebble Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15233
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked under an aerial lift as a piece of sheet piling was being cut. The piece fell approximately 20 feet and struck his hard hat and neck, resulting in a neck laceration.

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