# Cuts, lacerations at Verizon New York
> OSHA SIR `2019077737` · 7/29/2019 · PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK
## 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:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon New York
- **Location:** 1650 Old Country Rd., PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK, 11803
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stripping cable with a sharp tool when the tool cut his index finger.

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