# Cuts, lacerations at Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211735` · 12/11/2017 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1750 NW 66th Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33126
- **NAICS:** 488119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a ring tool with a handheld grinder when the grinder wheel exploded and a piece of the wheel lodged into and lacerated his lower right leg.

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