Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Ottawa Sanitation Services, Inc.
Start: 7/28/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076916 · 7/28/2016 · Ottawa Sanitation Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck against object or equipment while moving it
Source: Cans
Secondary source: Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers

Employer

Name: Ottawa Sanitation Services, Inc.
Location: On a residential street route, WELLSVILLE, KANSAS, 66092
NAICS: 562998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 12:00 p.m., on 7/28/2016, an employee was loading trash into the back of a truck when a piece of glass from the trash can cut his left arm, causing blood loss. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown