# Cuts, lacerations at STATEN ISLAND CARE CENTER
> OSHA SIR `20161211611` · 12/13/2016 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## 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:** Table saws
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STATEN ISLAND CARE CENTER
- **Location:** 200 LAFAYETTE AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10301
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/13/16, an employee was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw when the wood jumped and the employee's thumb was pulled into the blade. His left thumb was severely lacerated.

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