# Cuts, lacerations at GT Grandstands, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212145` · 12/21/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** GT Grandstands, Inc.
- **Location:** 4035 South Pipkin Rd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a chop saw to cut an aluminum channel and then turned off the saw. His hand was near the winding down blade when it caught his glove and pulled his hand into the saw, cutting his thumb. He was hospitalized.

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