# Cuts, lacerations at Air Cleaning Specialist
> OSHA SIR `20161010023` · 10/25/2016 · HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Cleaning Specialist
- **Location:** 1525 Hanover Street, HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02339
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two workers were carrying a bundle of struts into a truck. The struts shifted and a strut struck a worker's ear causing a laceration that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*