# Cuts, lacerations at Newport News Shipbuilding
> OSHA SIR `2015074915` · 7/21/2015 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding
- **Location:** Onboard USS Abraham Lincoln, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a crescent wrench and a one-half inch die nut to remove a sharp burr and metal shards from a stud. The employee's hand slipped off the wrench, slid down, and struck the stud, lacerating the left palm. The employee required surgery.

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