# Cuts, lacerations at American Glass & Aluminum Inc
> OSHA SIR `20231211676` · 12/27/2023 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Glass building materials
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Glass & Aluminum Inc
- **Location:** 2801 North Lecompte Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was using a manual style pallet jack to move a pallet full of glass panels. The employee was attempting to get the forks situated under the pallet. The pallet became uneven causing the glass panels to fall off the pallet. The employee attempted to stop the glass from falling and their arm was lacerated by the glass, resulting in hospitalization.

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