# Cuts, lacerations at Midsouth Steel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098092` · 9/1/2023 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Midsouth Steel Inc.
- **Location:** 4301 Roosevelt Hwy, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30349
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 1, 2023, an employee was using an overhead crane to move a steel landing for stairs into position. The landing hit a wire spool, causing the spool to fall on the employee's head. The employee sustained a laceration.

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