# Cuts, lacerations at Illinois Institute of Technology
> OSHA SIR `2020043735` · 4/23/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Illinois Institute of Technology
- **Location:** 55 W. 34th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60616
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 23, 2020, at 2:40 PM, an employee was performing maintenance under an air handler unit. When the employee stood up, an iron bracket cut the back of the employee's neck.

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