# Cuts, lacerations at GIBBS WIRE & STEEL COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015129148` · 12/3/2015 · PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** GIBBS WIRE & STEEL COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 84 METALS DRIVE, PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06479
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal coil from one part of a metal slitting machine to another. The metal coil sliced through the sling being used and lacerated the employee's right shin and foot.

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