# Bruises, contusions at Tesco Electrical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2017076852` · 7/22/2017 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesco Electrical Contractors
- **Location:** 12400 Hwy 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to replace a conveyor belt on a slitter machine that was suspended by a crane when the employee's foot slipped through two steel plates. The plates then sprung back and pinned the employee's left lower leg between the two, causing severe contusions.

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