# Cuts, lacerations at Sterling Manufacturing and Distributing
> OSHA SIR `2018032758` · 3/21/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Manufacturing and Distributing
- **Location:** 150 Bennington, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77022
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a piece of foam rubber. As the employee repositioned the foam, the saw cut the palm of the employee's left hand.

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