# Bruises, contusions at Sodecia Automotive Auburn, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010689` · 1/24/2022 · AUBURN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Sodecia Automotive Auburn, Inc.
- **Location:** 2440 Innovation Drive, AUBURN, ALABAMA, 36832
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 25-ton-capacity overhead crane to place a 1,500-pound coil of steel onto a rack one foot above the ground. Once on the rack, the coil tipped over and struck the employee on the chest, then pinned the employee against another coil. The employee suffered severe bruising to the chest and was hospitalized.

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