# Cuts, lacerations at Southern Wheel & Rim
> OSHA SIR `2017043107` · 4/6/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Wheel & Rim
- **Location:** 1044 N Lane Ave., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a mounted hand grinder to prepare the bevel on a rim for welding when the grinding wheel broke and lacerated his left index finger, requiring surgery.

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