# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at WMC Steel
> OSHA SIR `2019065979` · 6/13/2019 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** WMC Steel
- **Location:** 18490 Main Street, CONROE, TEXAS, 77385
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing finished spools from the stranding machine. As he lifted the spool, the end of the wire got caught on the side of the cradle that supports the spool. He grabbed the wire to dislodge it and was struck on the chest by the wire causing a laceration/contusion. He was hospitalized.

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