# Cuts, lacerations at Meadowlands Exposition Center
> OSHA SIR `2023087011` · 8/3/2023 · SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Meadowlands Exposition Center
- **Location:** 355 Plaza Dr, SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY, 07094
- **NAICS:** 561920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a forklift operator to unload show material that was on a truck. The trailer had metal chocks installed to secure freight. One of the metal chocks flew up and struck the employee in the face, resulting in lacerations to their eyelid and nose.

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