# Cuts, lacerations at WCA
> OSHA SIR `2018054862` · 5/18/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** WCA
- **Location:** 9720 Ruffino Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77031
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a driver trainee dumping a loaded trash compactor when he was struck by the compactor's metal container door, causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on the ground, suffering a laceration to the back of his head.

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