# Cuts, lacerations at Dielectric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076660` · 7/21/2016 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dielectric Corporation
- **Location:** W141 N9250 Fountain Blvd., MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the head by a plastic hose that became wrapped around a rotating CNC machine spindle. The hose struck the employee in the head causing a severe laceration. The employee's right pinky finger was also broken and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the head injury.

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