# Cuts, lacerations at Midwest Production Engineering
> OSHA SIR `2022087070` · 8/10/2022 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Production Engineering
- **Location:** 10597 W. Glenbrook Ct., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53224
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging a small, 4.62-pound steel plate. The plate fell onto his left shin, lacerating it.

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