# Cuts, lacerations at United Signs & Signals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097777` · 9/9/2021 · TAVARES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** United Signs & Signals, Inc.
- **Location:** 28248 C.R. 561, TAVARES, FLORIDA, 32778
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 9, 2021, an employee was setting a manhole's cover back in place when the arm of a mini-excavator struck his hard hat, knocking him to the ground and causing a laceration to the back of his head. He was hospitalized.

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