# Cuts, lacerations at Zeppelin Systems USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019011156` · 1/31/2019 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Zeppelin Systems USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Formosa Dr, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinding machine with a guard attached to grind on a bevel and prepare it for a welding seam. He was holding his tool with both hands when the grinding machine became stuck, kicked back, and cut the top of his left hand.

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