# Cuts, lacerations at Riverhead Building Supply
> OSHA SIR `2019054520` · 5/3/2019 · CALVERTON, NEW YORK
## 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:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Riverhead Building Supply
- **Location:** 962 Burman Blvd., CALVERTON, NEW YORK, 11933
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to rip wood when the employee's right hand made contact with the spinning circular blade, causing a severe laceration between the right thumb and forefinger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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