# Cuts, lacerations at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2018043881` · 4/23/2018 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pots, pans, trays
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 3250 SW 50th Ave, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a 30-yard container to a transfer station. The employee opened the rear door of the container and a plant pot fell, hitting and lacerating his left arm.

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