# Cuts, lacerations at Avid Pallet Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019043667` · 4/9/2019 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Avid Pallet Services, LLC
- **Location:** 1401 Eddy Avenue, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a horizontal band saw to dismantle wood pallets when the employee made contact with the band saw blade, suffering a thumb laceration. The saw was guarded at the time.

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