# Bruises, contusions at Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015107679` · 10/14/2015 · EAST EARL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
- **Location:** 245 Reading Road, EAST EARL, PENNSYLVANIA, 17519
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about October 14, 2015, at 5:15 am the employee opened the back of the truck and mis-stepped into the six-inch gap between the loading dock and the back of the truck. His left leg plunged into the gap up to his thigh. He was hospitalized for observation and care of a deep left thigh contusion.

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