# Cuts, lacerations at BOSS METAL FABRICATORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181011234` · 10/31/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BOSS METAL FABRICATORS, INC.
- **Location:** 1125 Montgomery St., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63106
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air-powered hand grinder when its disc broke apart, lacerating the employee's arm and face.

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