# Cuts, lacerations at Republic Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098121` · 9/13/2022 · AUSTELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 7140 Delta Circle, AUSTELL, GEORGIA, 30168
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 13, 2022, an employee was disassembling shelves in the parts room when an upright shelf fell, hitting his head and causing a laceration near his right eye.

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