# Cuts, lacerations at PPG Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076262` · 7/12/2016 · CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Glass building materials
## Employer
- **Name:** PPG Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Park Drive, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17015
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing glass into the rework hopper when the glass slipped out of his hand and contacted his neck, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization.

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