# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at GATE Precast Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021488` · 2/15/2022 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** GATE Precast Company
- **Location:** 402 Zoo Parkway, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32206
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 15, 2022, an employee was offloading 5 pieces of 1/2-inch bent plates that had a total weight of 1,225 pounds. The employee was using an overhead crane equipped with a new basket lift sling. Sharp edges on the bent plates cut through the lifting sling causing the plates to fall about 3 feet to the floor. One of the plates fell on the employee's right leg causing a laceration. The employee then developed a hematoma of his lower right leg and was hospitalized.

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