# Cuts, lacerations at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211825` · 12/20/2016 · HUBBARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 2586 North Main Street, HUBBARD, OHIO, 44425
- **NAICS:** 811191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand grinder to fabricate a piece of metal when the disk exploded and lacerated his face, requiring surgery.

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