# Cuts, lacerations at VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System
> OSHA SIR `20181212707` · 12/11/2018 · WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System
- **Location:** 41 Castle Point Rd, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK, 12590
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking shelves when she tripped on a box on the floor. Her head struck a shelving unit; she suffered a laceration to the right eye, as well as injuries to her right hip and right wrist.

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