# Cuts, lacerations at Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111526` · 11/8/2018 · STOCKTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 52333 Hwy 225, STOCKTON, ALABAMA, 36579
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out the blade of a gang rip saw. As the arbor/blade assembly was set on the saw's spindle it lacerated the employee's left forearm, right palm, and right little finger.

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