# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at SRS DISTRIBUTION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025043811` · 4/23/2025 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** SRS DISTRIBUTION, INC.
- **Location:** 231 29th ST N, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee delivered roofing materials to a residential job site. While cutting open a pallet of rolls at the jobsite, a roll of valley metal fell and struck the employee's left shin just above the ankle, resulting in a severe cut and a lacerated tendon. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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