# Cuts, lacerations at Western Industries, Inc. Plastic Products Group
> OSHA SIR `2018032612` · 3/16/2018 · WINFIELD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Industries, Inc. Plastic Products Group
- **Location:** Strother Field Industrial Park, WINFIELD, KANSAS, 67156
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/16/2018, at 2:49 PM, an employee was helping a second employee move a large plastic part. The second employee was holding a knife at the time. The first employee's left wrist contacted the knife, severing an artery. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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