# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Winters Bros. Waste Systems
> OSHA SIR `2025043131` · 4/3/2025 · WEST BABYLON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chips, shards, fibers  glass
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Winters Bros. Waste Systems
- **Location:** 107 Mahan Street, WEST BABYLON, NEW YORK, 11704
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a garbage truck after dropping off a load when his hand was lacerated on a piece of glass that was stuck behind the truck's blade. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the glass.

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