# Cuts, lacerations at Kohler Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019054506` · 5/3/2019 · PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohler Industries Inc
- **Location:** 155 McBride Ave, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 07501
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been manually loading a wooden shoe holding device with a die-cut urethane foam piece. As the employee moved the shoe into the cutting machine along a fixed pathway, one of the saw blades came in contact with the shoe, causing the 4" blade to break into many small pieces. One or more of these pieces struck the employee s fingers. The right-hand pinky and ring fingers sustained cuts that required stitches. The ring finger also required surgery for a cut ligament and blood vessel.

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