# Cuts, lacerations at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20190910161` · 9/28/2019 · ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Bedford Street, ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02351
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cutting a cardboard box with a safety knife on the receiving dock, an employee cut his left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a severed artery.

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