# Cuts, lacerations at V & S New York Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2021087137` · 8/21/2021 · OWEGO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** V & S New York Galvanizing
- **Location:** 272 Corporate Drive, OWEGO, NEW YORK, 13827
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a tie wire used to suspend parts for hot-dip galvanizing. A metal grate fell when the wire broke, striking his leg and lacerating the shin/calf area. He was hospitalized.

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