# Cuts, lacerations at Casella Waste Systems
> OSHA SIR `2019088609` · 8/20/2019 · NEWFIELD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Systems
- **Location:** Transfer Station, NEWFIELD, NEW YORK, 14867
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shutting the doors on a scrap trailer when he slipped and fell onto a sharp object that caused a 4-inch wide and 1-inch deep laceration to his left knee (2 inches below).

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