# Cuts, lacerations at Wastequip Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019088906` · 8/27/2019 · ERIAL, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastequip Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 1031 Hickstown Road, ERIAL, NEW JERSEY, 08081
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a sheet of corrugated metal onto a lid frame from an intermodal container. As he tossed the sheet onto the frame assembly, the sheet struck his left arm, cut through his welding sleeves and shirt, and caused a deep laceration to his left bicep.

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