# Cuts, lacerations at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2022064776` · 6/2/2022 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 3411 N 40th Street, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33605
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while getting out of a waste vehicle. He suffered lacerations to the back of his head where it struck the hard ground.

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