# Cuts, lacerations at BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20180910000` · 9/27/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object breaking in hand
- **Source:** Toilets, urinals
## Employer
- **Name:** BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
- **Location:** 759 Chestnut Street., SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01199
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a urinal in a dumpster when it shattered, lacerating the employee's wrist and cutting an artery. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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