# Cuts, lacerations at Giant Food Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042857` · 4/5/2016 · ROYERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Giant Food Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 967 Township line Road, ROYERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19468
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a dock plate when it became stuck. As he used a pole to lift the dock plate, the plate became dislodged and fell on his foot, severely cutting one toe.

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