# Cuts, lacerations at Waste Management Recycle America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108868` · 10/8/2022 · HODGKINS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Rollers
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Recycle America, LLC
- **Location:** 6120 River Road, HODGKINS, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 8, 2022, an employee was trying to change a belt on a conveyor when a steel roller malfunctioned and broke loose, lacerating his forehead.

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