# Cuts, lacerations at Portable Machine Works, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2016043244` · 4/18/2016 · PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Portable Machine Works, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 18230 Swamp Road, PRAIRIEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70769
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating metal. He drew it over and was grinding off the weld when a tacked piece of metal used to clamp the weld shield came free and hit the grinder. The grinder fell over and cut his right forearm.

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