# Cuts, lacerations at Texas Disposal Systems
> OSHA SIR `2017076473` · 7/13/2017 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Disposal Systems
- **Location:** 22201 Briar Cliff Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78769
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered heat stress while dumping trash cans on a garbage truck, becoming lightheaded and losing consciousness. The employee then fell and struck their head on the truck frame, suffering a head laceration that required stitches. The employee was hospitalized.

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