# Cuts, lacerations at NATIONAL GRID
> OSHA SIR `20221210829` · 12/13/2022 · HEWLETT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL GRID
- **Location:** Dolphin drive and Adams Lane, HEWLETT, NEW YORK, 11557
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to inspect a gas line for damage after the gas line was struck during excavation. The employee was looking into the excavation site when he fell 3 feet into the trench and sustained a left wrist laceration that required surgery and hospitalization.

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