# Cuts, lacerations at Northwoods Paper Converting, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016064902` · 6/3/2016 · EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwoods Paper Converting, Incorporated
- **Location:** 830 Crowe Road, EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18301
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood for pallets with a chop saw when the wood kicked back, causing the employee's left hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's left thumb, index finger, and middle finger were severely cut.

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