# Cuts, lacerations at Consolidate Scrap Resources
> OSHA SIR `2019065867` · 6/11/2019 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidate Scrap Resources
- **Location:** 1616 North Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17103
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was near a scrap pile. An excavator was pulling metal from the pile when a piece of railing got caught on some scrap, broke free, and went flying. It struck the employee's left calf and lacerated it. The employee was hospitalized.

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