# Cuts, lacerations at American Cast Iron Pipe Company
> OSHA SIR `2022032768` · 3/28/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- **Location:** 1500 32nd Ave North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35207
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a stiff-leg pipe for installation on an overhead crane. The pipe fell and struck the employee's lower right leg, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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