# Bruises, contusions at Southern Pipe and Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `2015021048` · 2/2/2015 · GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Pipe and Supply Company
- **Location:** 102 North Pine Hill Road, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30223
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker was exposed to a struck-by hazard during the unloading of PVC pipes. A forklift unloading pipes on one side of the truck accidentally caught pipes on the other side, causing them to tip and fall on a worker standing on the opposite side of the truck. The worker received severe bruising to his hands/forearms and was hit in the head.

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