# Cuts, lacerations at COVANTA ENERGY
> OSHA SIR `2018066166` · 6/21/2018 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** COVANTA ENERGY
- **Location:** 183 RAYMOND BLVD, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07105
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:00 a.m. on June 21, 2018, an employee was preparing equipment for transport. The equipment shifted as he tried to remove a piece of metal from it, and his fingers were caught between the top of an A-frame ladder and the metal piece. He suffered a crushing injury and laceration, and was hospitalized.

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