# Cuts, lacerations at Reitnouer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010998` · 1/30/2018 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Reitnouer, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 E Pointe Drive, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was under a tractor-trailer placing masking tape on items to be painted while a second employee was working on the airline for the air brakes. The second employee then tested the airlines, which caused a rear axel to fall on the first employee's left leg. The employee suffered lacerations and a possible fracture.

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