# Bruises, contusions at Amerigas Propane LP
> OSHA SIR `2018077628` · 7/26/2018 · ATHENS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Propane tanks and cylinders
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amerigas Propane LP
- **Location:** 9048 Route 9W, ATHENS, NEW YORK, 12015
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 700 lb. cylinder with an appropriate lifting device when the cylinder fell on him, causing chest and leg contusions. He was hospitalized.

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