# Cuts, lacerations at Universal Plastics Corporation-Albany, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032933` · 3/20/2019 · HOWES CAVE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Plastics Corporation-Albany, Inc.
- **Location:** 165 Caverns Rd, HOWES CAVE, NEW YORK, 12092
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting plastic using a band saw. As he moved the plastic, his hand was caught by the blade causing a deep laceration on the left hand.

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