# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Kiewit Offshore Services
> OSHA SIR `2024021273` · 2/9/2024 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiewit Offshore Services
- **Location:** 2440 Kiewit Road, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wheel loader with fork attachments to lift a steel plate measuring 40 feet by 8 feet by 1/4 inch. The plate shifted over the fork mast and tipped back toward the cab of the equipment, breaking the equipment's windshield. The plate then contacted the employee's left leg, resulting in a laceration to their left shin that required hospitalization and surgery.

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