# Cuts, lacerations at Waste Management, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098759` · 9/15/2020 · VENICE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash, garbage
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management, Inc.
- **Location:** 5221 State Road 776, VENICE, FLORIDA, 34293
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a wire cart in the trash enclosure and brushed up against a trash bag. An unknown protruding object lacerated the employee's lower right leg.

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