# Cuts, lacerations at Northstar Contracting Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099929` · 9/23/2019 · EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Northstar Contracting Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 115 River road, EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, 07020
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Am employee was cleaning an open-top tank by filling it with water to flush it. The employee lost consciousness and her forehead struck the top of a gate valve, which caused a vertical laceration.

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