# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2015074848` · 7/20/2015 · LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 21 Old Beaver Run Road, LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY, 07848
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee using a metal punch struck his left hand with a hammer, experienced swelling and inflammation, and developed an infection that required hospitalization.

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