# Cuts, lacerations at Northend Disposal Services
> OSHA SIR `2018010883` · 1/26/2018 · KIOWA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northend Disposal Services
- **Location:** 12890 US-281, KIOWA, KANSAS, 67070
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to open a box on the back of his truck when a retaining arm that holds up the tail gate came loose and struck the employee's face resulting in a laceration.

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