# Cuts, lacerations at American Lighting & Signal
> OSHA SIR `20171212036` · 12/19/2017 · APOPKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object breaking in hand
- **Source:** Lamp posts, street lights
## Employer
- **Name:** American Lighting & Signal
- **Location:** 275 W. Ponkan Rd., APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32712
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing an old street light into a dumpster when the glass lens broke and lacerated his arm, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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