# Cuts, lacerations at Illinois Institute of Technology
> OSHA SIR `2015085801` · 8/14/2015 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Institute of Technology
- **Location:** 10 W. 35th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was creating a new chemical inside a fume hood when the beaker exploded. The employee received multiple lacerations to the face from the beaker glass.

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