# Cuts, lacerations at MATCOR METAL FABRICATION (ILLINOIS) INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017021764` · 2/23/2017 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MATCOR METAL FABRICATION (ILLINOIS) INC.
- **Location:** 1021 W. BIRCHWOOD ST., MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing parts from a skeleton using a magnet and hoist when a part fell from the magnet and smashed his left thumb, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization.

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