# Cuts, lacerations at Safe and Green Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010869` · 1/28/2022 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Safe and Green Inc.
- **Location:** 561 Ridge Drive, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34108
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stump grinding machine when the machine discharged a piece of debris, which struck the employee's kneecap. The employee sustained a laceration and the debris had to be surgically removed.

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