# Multiple surface wounds and bruises at Standard Iron, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210560` · 12/5/2022 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface wounds and bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Iron, Inc.
- **Location:** 4160 Gold Core Rd, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was adjusting a tension spring on a robot welding carousel. The technician asked the operator to cycle the rotating table so that he could observe and troubleshoot. As it rotated, the employee was struck by the leg of the robotic welder and sustained contusions and abrasions to the right thigh.

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