# Cuts, lacerations at Ottawa Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076916` · 7/28/2016 · WELLSVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment while moving it
- **Source:** Cans
- **Secondary source:** Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ottawa Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** On a residential street route, WELLSVILLE, KANSAS, 66092
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 12:00 p.m., on 7/28/2016, an employee was loading trash into the back of a truck when a piece of glass from the trash can cut his left arm, causing blood loss. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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