# Cuts, lacerations at Charles Industries, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2019054584` · 5/6/2019 · RANTOUL, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Charles Industries, Ltd
- **Location:** 201 Shellhouse Drive, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS, 61866
- **NAICS:** 334210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 6, 2019, at approximately 3:49 PM, an employee working on a brake press and handling a piece of sheet metal (approximately 2' x 4'). The sheet slipped and lacerated the ulnar artery on his left wrist, just above the glove. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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