# Bruises, contusions at Averitt Express
> OSHA SIR `2019033145` · 3/26/2019 · RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Other building materials-solid elements, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express
- **Location:** 1311 W 15th St., RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the straps that secured wall panels that weighed approximately 2000 pounds to the wall of a semi-trailer. The panels fell onto the employee causing multiple contusions to the left arm, sternum and head.

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