# Cuts, lacerations at Western Berks Landfill
> OSHA SIR `2021043141` · 4/14/2021 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Berks Landfill
- **Location:** 455 Poplar Neck Road, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving debris with a bulldozer. A metal bar flew up and came through the bulldozer's right-side window, lacerating the employee's head.

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