# Cuts, lacerations at Bagby and Russell Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2019065648` · 6/5/2019 · ROBERTSDALE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Bagby and Russell Electric Company
- **Location:** UPS Distribution Center, ROBERTSDALE, ALABAMA, 36567
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up an electrical box to install it. The box slipped and when the employee went to grab it his right hand went inside of the box and contacted a thin sheet metal edge that severed tendons and veins on the middle and index fingers.

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