# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Naval Base San Diego Navy Exchange
> OSHA SIR `2017065454` · 6/14/2017 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Base San Diego Navy Exchange
- **Location:** 2260 Callagan Hwy, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of metal with an electric grinder when it buckled, pinched, and the grinder kicked back, striking the top of his hand by his knuckles.

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