# Cuts, lacerations at DUREX, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019066513` · 6/27/2019 · UNION, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** DUREX, INC.
- **Location:** 5 STAHUBER AVENUE, UNION, NEW JERSEY, 07083
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a metal press when the die broke and his head lunged forward, striking the equipment. He suffered a laceration requiring stitches.

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