# Cuts, lacerations at Unique Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213211` · 12/27/2018 · CALERA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Unique Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 13488 Highway 25 North, CALERA, ALABAMA, 35040
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a bending machine, using a crescent wrench on a nut. The wrench slipped off the nut and his finger was smashed between the wrench and the machine. The middle and index fingers of his right hand were lacerated, requiring stitches and cleaning.

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