# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Patterson-Stevens, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087249` · 8/8/2024 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-Stevens, Inc.
- **Location:** NFTA Main Street at Lafeyette Station, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14201
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was supervising the movement of an 80-foot piece of rail when the rail landed on his left foot and tore into the steel toe of his boot, causing lacerations to his toes.

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