# Cuts, lacerations at Bstate Service Company
> OSHA SIR `2016031884` · 3/2/2016 · LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Bstate Service Company
- **Location:** Leaktite Corporation, LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01453
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling 5-pack boxes, cutting the plastic strapping from a bundle of cartons using a retractable snap blade utility knife, when his left wrist was lacerated.

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