# Cuts, lacerations at Sunbelt Rentals, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018099158` · 9/5/2018 · LAKEVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunbelt Rentals, Inc
- **Location:** 5 Main Street, LAKEVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02347
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Am employee was using a grinding wheel to repair a mini-excavator when the grinding wheel became caught, kicked back, and struck his thigh, lacerating it in two places.

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