# Bruises, contusions at Casco Bay Steel Structures, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010960` · 1/30/2017 · SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Casco Bay Steel Structures, Inc.
- **Location:** One Wallace Ave, SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE, 04106
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a steel cross brace from a steel I beam. The crane hook was not centered over the brace and when the brace came free, it struck the employee in the leg and head. The employee suffered a leg contusion and was hospitalized for blood clots that developed in his leg.

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