# Cuts, lacerations at Speedwell Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054299` · 5/26/2021 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object breaking in hand
- **Source:** Glass building materials
## Employer
- **Name:** Speedwell Construction Inc.
- **Location:** Arbon, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees carried a piece of glass that had been on a conference room table to the dumpster. The glass was roughly 8 feet by 3 feet. As the employees got ready to put the glass into the dumpster, the glass shattered, causing a severe laceration to the right forearm of one of the employees. The laceration required surgery.

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