# Cuts, lacerations at International Marketing & Research Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021015` · 2/1/2023 · WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** International Marketing & Research Inc.
- **Location:** 5135 Ward Road, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, 80033
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A piece of steel plate was being hoisted by a crane into a building. The chain used to lift it came loose from the lifting hook, due to ice on the plate, and the plate fell. It landed on an employee's legs and feet. He was hospitalized for lacerations on both shins that required stitches, as well as an injury to the right foot that required surgery.

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