# Cuts, lacerations at Keywell Metals LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010392` · 10/8/2018 · FALCONER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Flashing
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Keywell Metals LLC
- **Location:** 1873 Lyndon Boulevard, FALCONER, NEW YORK, 14733
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shearing edges off titanium flashings when a piece was ejected from the shear, striking the employee's abdomen and lacerating it above the navel.

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