# Cuts, lacerations at Vortex AviationInc.
> OSHA SIR `2017013808` · 1/23/2017 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Vortex AviationInc.
- **Location:** 910 NE 3rd Avenue, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33304
- **NAICS:** 336412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an aircraft engine while kneeling behind it. He put his hand on the rear part of a non-operating engine to pick himself up when the turbine spun and lacerated his gloved left hand between his ring and little finger.

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