# Cuts, lacerations at INTERSTATE WASTE SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2018065843` · 6/14/2018 · GOSHEN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERSTATE WASTE SERVICES
- **Location:** 95 HARTLEY ROAD, GOSHEN, NEW YORK, 10924
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing/walking nearby as a compactor was being unloaded. The door of the compactor failed, swung open, and struck/pinned the employee, who suffered a severe laceration to the back of the neck. The employee was hospitalized.

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