# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at BOSTON UNIVERSITY
> OSHA SIR `2025066259` · 6/30/2025 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object  unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY
- **Location:** 930 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02215
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on rooftop HVAC equipment and bumped their elbow on the equipment resulting in a puncture wound. The employee was hospitalized for cellulitis and septic bursitis.

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