# Open wounds, unspecified at Gander and White, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023010415` · 1/13/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gander and White, Inc
- **Location:** 123 Main Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10018
- **NAICS:** 453920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping move a shipping crate down the staircase with co-workers and a hand truck. The crate slid forward and came out of the strapping on the hand truck. The employee was struck in the head by the object and experienced bleeding.

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