# Bruises, contusions at Spectrum Metal Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2015129093` · 12/2/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum Metal Recycling
- **Location:** 308 Hughes St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77023
- **NAICS:** 333512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While dismounting a material handler, an employee lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet.  He struck his rib cage on the machine stabilizer, suffering a contusion/bruise.

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