# Cuts, lacerations at Sweetwater Wood Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018066141` · 6/21/2018 · CHAUNCEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Wood chips, sawdust
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sweetwater Wood Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 4509 U.S. Highway 341, CHAUNCEY, GEORGIA, 31011
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a wood chipper. As the employee dislodged the wood that was causing the jam, the chipper machine re-engaged. Wood chips flew from the chipper, striking and lacerating the his left index and middle fingers.

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