# Cuts, lacerations at Dawson Tire & Wheel
> OSHA SIR `2017043778` · 4/27/2017 · COZAD, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dawson Tire & Wheel
- **Location:** Rural Dawson County, COZAD, NEBRASKA, 69130
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was under a tractor operating a hydraulic bead breaker on the inside tire of the tractor when his hand became wedged between the bead breaker and the bar. He sustained a large laceration to his left hand between his ring and middle finger to the middle of his palm and was hospitalized.

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