# Bruises, contusions at Sanders Lead Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087518` · 8/16/2023 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanders Lead Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Sanders Road, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator on a pile of shredded batteries when a section of the pile above the operator broke free. Debris broke through the cab of the excavator and struck the employee, bruising their torso.

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