# Cuts, lacerations at AFI Direct Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020507` · 2/17/2015 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
## Employer
- **Name:** AFI Direct Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 7515 S. 10th Street, OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic disc grinder when the disc caught on the material being ground and broke into pieces. The disc pieces struck the employee in the side of the face causing a severe laceration from the ear to the jaw bone requiring hospitalization.

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