# Open wounds, unspecified at Southern Metal Processing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211249` · 12/9/2023 · OXFORD, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Metal Processing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 130 ALLRED LANE, OXFORD, ALABAMA, 36203
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move a pressure vessel when it fell over. A stud on the top of the vessel struck and gouged the employee's stomach.

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