# Cuts, lacerations at KOCH FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2017087692` · 8/11/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Saws-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** KOCH FOODS
- **Location:** 501 PADEN RD, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a blade on a handsaw when the blade lacerated the palm of his left hand, requiring surgery. The handsaw was not operating at the time.

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