# Cuts, lacerations at Hammer Haag Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021948` · 2/26/2018 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hammer Haag Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 12707 US Hwy 19 N, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33764
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a 1/2-inch thick piece of stainless steel on a mechanical press when the steel broke and flew through the air, striking and lacerating his right cheek.

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