# Cuts, lacerations at Cardinal Pallet Company
> OSHA SIR `2018054267` · 5/2/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cardinal Pallet Company
- **Location:** 505 West 43rd Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove scrap wood from around a trim saw blade when he sustained a serious cut to the knuckle of his left index finger.

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