# Cuts, lacerations at Crest Mechanical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077275` · 7/17/2019 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Crest Mechanical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Theater Works, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06103
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable band saw to cut threaded rod when the blade cut his left thumb. The employee got an infection that required surgery and antibiotics.

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