# Cuts, lacerations at Sofidel America Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019055095` · 5/20/2019 · CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Pressurized air-blast
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sofidel America Corp.
- **Location:** 25910 US 23, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO, 43113
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air gun to remove paper from a cylinder. The air gun struck their left hand causing a laceration and compressed air was injected into their left arm. The employee was hospitalized that evening with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in the left chest wall and neck.

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