# Cuts, lacerations at Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099391` · 9/9/2019 · BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Axes, hatchets
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc.
- **Location:** 16 Broad Common Rd., BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND, 02809
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was walking into the maintenance shop. He tripped while entering the shop and reached out to break his fall, striking his right hand on an axe which was stored near the door. His right ring finger and palm were cut on the axe blade.

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