# Cuts, lacerations at Burkentine Real Estate Group
> OSHA SIR `20221211280` · 12/30/2022 · NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Burkentine Real Estate Group
- **Location:** 1 East Franklin Street, NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17349
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting trash into a makeshift wooden trash box that was suspended by chains approximately 12-15 feet above the ground. The employee stepped into the trash box when the box and chains gave way and the employee fell onto the concrete below, resulting in a laceration to their head.

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