# Cuts, lacerations at THERMAL CERAMICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015053143` · 5/25/2015 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** THERMAL CERAMICS, INC.
- **Location:** 2102 OLD SAVANNAH ROAD, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 327999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a needle board. The new one he was putting in fell and scratched his hand.  An infection developed and the employee was later admitted to the hospital.

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