# Cuts, lacerations at Sentry Equipment & Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015119026` · 11/30/2015 · DELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Sentry Equipment & Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 3055 Tech Park Way, DELAND, FLORIDA, 32724
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was operating a horizontal band saw.  There was a hydraulic clamp for the material being cut.  The employee pushed the button for the clamp and his left thumb was caught in the clamp, cutting it open. The employee was admitted to the hospital for hand surgery.

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