# Cuts, lacerations at Shannon Boat Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010198` · 10/3/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shannon Boat Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Lagoon Rd., PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND, 02871
- **NAICS:** 336612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a utility knife to cut off the top of a 5-gallon plastic pail. The knife slipped and severely lacerated his left forearm. He was hospitalized.

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