# Cuts, lacerations at Limbach Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043232` · 4/18/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Limbach Company Inc.
- **Location:** Goggle Jobsite, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15206
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were manually lifting a power cooling fan (approximately 60 pounds) off a stack of units on a pallet. While lowering a unit on a cart, the injured employee lost grip, or the unit shifted, and the employee suffered a left wrist laceration requiring surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*