# Cuts, lacerations at Plymouth Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `20181111316` · 11/2/2018 · EAST TROY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plymouth Tube Company
- **Location:** 2056 Young Street, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN, 53120
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a quality test on some small pipes and was putting the tubes in a hydraulic ram press. A three-inch disc was projected from the press, lacerating and injuring the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized.

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